Erika Ingrid Haddock

Erika Ingrid Haddock is one of the protagonists of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, along with her brother, Hiccup. She is the biological daughter of Oswald the Agreeable and adoptive daughter of the late Hooligan Tribe chief, Stoick the Vast and Valka, as well as the biological sister of Dagur the Deranged and Heather, and adoptive sister of Hiccup Haddock. She is 14 years old in the first film, the three specials, Dragons: Riders of Berk, and in Dragons: Defenders of Berk, 17 to 18 years old in Dragons: Race to the Edge, 19 years old in How to Train Your Dragon 2, 20 years old in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and 29 in the epilogue. Her dragon and best friend, Nightshade, is a Night Fury, the rarest and most intelligent dragon species.

She’s also the girlfriend of Snotlout Jorgenson as of Dragons: Race to the Edge and they are betrothed to each other later on in the series. They get married at the end of How to Train Your Dragon 2 and in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, they have a son named Stoick Oswald Jorgenson II. In the flashforward that follows afterwards, it’s revealed that they also Freya Valka Jorgenson.

Official Description
Erika, 19, is the beloved adoptive daughter of Stoick the Vast, younger sister to Hiccup Haddock.

Physical Appearance
Erika is very beautiful and although she is very short for her age, she still has a slim and athletic figure. She has long, red hair that is styled in two fishtail braids and bright green eyes. In the first film, she wears a long-sleeved, dark blue v-neck shirt, a light brown fur vest, light brown boots with cloth wraps and leather bracers, a dark brown studded, suede skirt with a pouch on the side, and black leggings.

In Race to the Edge, Erika's hair is now in a side rope braid and is draped over her right shoulder. She now wears a long-sleeved, dark purple v-neck shirt with a brown suede archery dress over it. She wears the same black leggings, light brown boots with cloth wraps and leather bracers.

In Season 4's episode "Saving Shattermaster", Erika wears a sleeveless, black leather jumpsuit with black shoulder pads and arm guards. In the latter, she also wears a matching mask covering her mouth and nose.

In How to Train Your Dragon 2, Erika is slightly taller but is still the shortest out of her friends. Her hair is now styled  in a bohemian side braid and is draped over her right shoulder. She wears the same dark purple v-neck shirt but now wears a brown leather archery dress with a hood over it and dtark red leather leggings. She wears dark brown leather bracers with fur and light brown fur boots. At her and Snotlout’s wedding, Erika wears a beautiful, white wedding dress that belonged to Valka and her hair is down.

In How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, her hair is past waist-length and is styled double, braided ponytail. During battle missions, she wears her dragon scale armor that is made from Nightshade's shed scales. Erika’s amour has a helmet, pauldrons, chest plate, torso guards, a skirt-like part over the hips, gloves, and gauntlets, leggings, and boots. There are also two wing structures kept folded for flight when needed. Her casual wear is a black chainmail, red leather leggings with a suede brown skirt that has two belts, brown leather fur bracers, and brown fur boots.

Personality
Although she is the shortest of her friends, Erika is also one of the strongest. She is also very quiet at most times because of what happened to her when she was a baby. Despite this, she is very much like her brother, Hiccup; adventurous, intelligent and creative.

Throughout the first film, Erika is shown to be protective of Hiccup, though she is younger than him. She hates how her friends treat Hiccup and stands up for him, much to Stoick's annoyance. Unlike the rest of her tribe, she hates hurting dragons and the first one to know was Hiccup after she tried to convince him not to kill Toothless.

Erika is not only protective of her friends and family but also protective of the dragons, especially her Night Fury, Nightshade. She becomes a mother figure to her Death Song, Garffiljorg, and shows her caring and motherly side towards him as she sings to him to calm down and refusing to abandon him, knowing what it's like to feel lonely and motherless.

Throughout the franchise, Erika is known to be the most loyal, trustworthiness, adventurous, and outgoing viking.

Nightshade
"'You're my best friend, girl, and I love you.'"

"— Erika to Nightshade" Much like Toothless and Hiccup’s relationship, Nightshade and Erika have a sisterly relationship.

When they first meet, Nightshade was very warily with Erika but warmed up to her when she realizes Erika wasn't a threat. While Hiccup and Toothless were practicing on flying, Erika and Nightshade would just sit and watch, laughing with each other on fails.

The two have the same personalities with each other. They're both protective of their siblings and each other, both are beautiful, loyal but somewhat violent.

In "No Dragon Gets Left Behind", Erika is worried about Nightshade, thinking she was poisoned by the Slitherwing dragons and does everything she can to get the antidote for Nightshade. When she finds out it wasn't that and that Nightshade misses Garff, she felt happy and relieved that Nightshade wasn't going to die.

In How to Train Your Dragon 2, their relationship is much stronger. During the dragon races, they love to do tricks and show off with each other.

However, when Nightshade is being mind-controlled by Drago's Bewilderbeast and kills Stoick, Erika becomes upset and yells at her to go away, to which Nightshade obeys reluctantly. Later, though, they become friends again after Erika successfully frees Nightshade from the Bewilderbeast's mind.

In How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Erika is heartbroken when she lets Nightshade go to the Hidden World with the other dragons. Before Nightshade flies off, she quickly gives Erika a hug and before being in a group hug with Toothless and Hiccup. However, they reunite with each other in the epilogue when Erika and her family sail to the Hidden World. When Nightshade recognizes Erika's scent, she becomes happy and tackles Erika.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
"'Hiccup, just because I found out that Heather's my sister, doesn't mean I love you any less. You'll always be my brother and I'll always love you.'"

"— Erika to Hiccup" Despite being adoptive siblings, Erika and Hiccup have a strong brother/sister relationship. Though she protects and stands up for Hiccup, Hiccup is very protective of her and will do anything to protect her. They care for each other deeply and consider each other real brother and sister.

The two are never apart, much like Ruffnut and Tuffnut but unlike the twins, Erika and Hiccup rarely fight and/or argue with each other. They do, however, tease each other and are playful towards one another. When Erika witnessed Astrid kissing Hiccup on the cheek, she teases him about it and jokes around with him asking ‘Am I invited to the wedding, dear brother?’ to which he playfully glares at her and shoves her.

When Hiccup is believed to be dead at the end of the first film, Erika lets out a loud cry as she runs to Stoick's side, mourning the loss of her best friend and older brother. However, when Toothless reveals him, Erika cries in relief as she pets Toothless, thanking him for saving Hiccup.

When they learn that Heather and Dagur are Erika’s biological siblings, Hiccup becomes a little upset when she hangs out with Heather more or when Dagur asked her if she wanted to live with them on Berserker Island. Because she didn’t want to leave Hiccup or her other friends, she stays with them on Dragon’s Edge, much to Hiccup’s happiness.

Stoick the Vast
"'When your mother found you, it was the happiest day of my life because you became our daughter.'"

"— Stoick to Erika" Stoick is Erika's adoptive father. Stoick was happy that Valka found Erika when she was a baby. As his only daughter, Stoick became very protective of Erika and became proud of her that she's one of the strongest viking teen in the village. Erika always thought that Stoick liked her more than Hiccup, as she wasn't a weakling, which made her annoyed by that.

Despite his love and attention towards her, Stoick does scold her for standing up to Hiccup, as he thinks that Hiccup should stand up for himself. The two do argue from time to time but by the end of the day, they still love and support each other.

When he finds out about her pet dragon, Stoick is extremely angry with her and shuts her out, along with Hiccup. However, during the battle with the Red Death, Stoick apologizes and becomes worried for her and Hiccup. After the battle, they reunite and mourn together over the supposed loss of Hiccup until Toothless reveals him.

In Dragons: Race to the Edge, their relationship becomes strained again when Erika found out that Oswald the Agreeable was her real father and Stoick had never told her that Dagur and Heather were her biological siblings. Erika never spoke to Stoick after she found out and every time he entered the same room as her or was in her presence, Erika would ignore him, much to Stoick's sadness. After apologizing to her, Erika and Stoick started to talk more.

In the second film, their relationship is stronger and he is more protective of her, now that she is engaged to Snotlout, although he is very supportive of their relationship. He decides to make her Chieftess, to which she is very excited about, as she gets to run the village with Hiccup, who was more strained on becoming chief himself.

When Erika is threatened by Nightshade, due to Drago Bludvist's Bewilderbeast hypnotizing her, along with Toothless, Stoick rushes to push her and Hiccup out of the way right before Nightshade and Toothless fires the blast, killing Stoick. She is very devastated by her father's death and together with her brother, friends, and her mother, they all shoot a flaming arrow at his ship during his funeral.

After his funeral, Erika admitted that she was afraid of Stoick whenever he was angry with her and always wanted to make him proud of who she is.

Throughout the franchise, Stoick and Erika share a strong father/daughter bond, willing to sacrifice for one another and loving each other unconditionally. In the third film, Erika and Snotlout have son named after Stoick in honor of him named Stoick Oswald Jorgenson II.

Snotlout Jorgenson
"'You're not as bad as you seem, Jorgenson.'"

"— Erika to Snotlout" At first, Erika didn't like Snotlout in the beginning of the first film, as he was constantly flirting with her and annoyed her. However, she seemed to get more comfortable with him and he stopped flirting with her to show respect towards her. Towards the end of the film, when fighting the Red Death, Snotlout becomes concerned for her and they hugged each other after the battle. When Erika mourns over Hiccup's supposed death, Snotlout could only watch in sadness, knowing how close Erika and Hiccup are.

In Gift of the Night Furies, the two remain close friends with each other. When all the dragons return from their migration, they find out that Hookfang and Nightshade have babies together. Snotlout joked that since Hookfang and Nightshade are now mates, that he and Erika should be together. Although she rolls her eyes at the comment, Erika pulled him into a surprise kiss and when she pulled away, Snotlout faints in shock and surprise.

By the time of the sequel, Erika and Snotlout are a couple and betrothed to one another. Snotlout affectionately calls her 'Princess' or 'Babe'. He also helps her win the dragon race by either giving her the sheep to her or throwing it in her basket. After Stoick is killed, Snotlout rushes towards her without hesitation and holds her in his arms in efforts to comfort her. By the end of the film, they are married.

In the third film, it is revealed they have a son named Stoick Oswald Jorgenson II, whom they named after Stoick the Vast and Oswald the Agreeable in honor of both of them. They're relationship has improved and both have became more protective of each other. In the epilogue, it is revealed that they also have a daughter named Freya Valka Jorgenson.

Stoick II and Freya
Stoick II is Erika's firstborn son. With Snotlout's agreement, Erika named Stoick after both of her fathers, Stoick the Vast and Oswald the Agreeable. She's very protective of Stoick and seems to always hold him, unless he's being held by Snotlout. Stoick inherited his mother's green eyes. They take the first flight together after the reunion with the dragons. Freya is Erika's younger daughter, who inherited her red hair and helps her mother her mother adjust the sails of the boat and cheers with her mother as they ride on Nightshade together. Erika is very protective of her both her children and also loving towards them.

Valka
Valka is Erika's adoptive mother, who was believed to be dead for 20 years. Valka was the one who found Erika washed up on the beach as a baby and decided to take her in to raise her as her own daughter.

Dagur
At first, Dagur was an enemy to Erika and the Dragon Riders.

Heather
"'It's nice to finally to have a sister around.'"

"— Erika to Heather in 'To Heather or to Not Heather'" Heather and Erika first started as rivals, due to the fact that Erika didn't trust Heather. They find out they're sisters in Dragons: Race to the Edge. After finding out, Erika and Heather began to bond more to become more like sisters instead of just best friends.

They become so close that while Heather is staying at the Edge, she stays with Erika in her hut. As the older one of the two, Heather is very protective of Erika and doesn't want anything to happen to her, especially when Dagur was around as the two didn't trust him enough to be their brother.

At the end of the second film, Erika invited Heather and Dagur to her and Snotlout's wedding with Heather being Erika's Maid of Honor.

Erika has named Heather the godmother of Freya.

Astrid Hofferson
"'Can I be your bridesmaid at your's and Hiccup's wedding?'"

"— Erika teasing Astrid" Astrid and Erika have been best friends since they were little. The two are the most strongest vikings in the villiage and the two love sparring with each other. As the older of the two, Astrid takes on the "big sister" role of the two. They're both very protective of each other and are loyal towards one another.

Erika is very supportive of Astrid's feelings towards Hiccup and teases her about it, much to Astrid's annoyance. In return, Astrid would tease Erika's feelings towards Snotlout, although she is very supportive of their relationship as well.

When Hiccup, Erika, Stoick and Gobber never returned from when they went to look for Drago Bludvist, Astrid becomes concerned for both and leads the other Dragon Riders on a hunt to find them. After Stoick's death, Astrid quickly tries to comfort both Erika and Hiccup with the help of Snotlout and Valka.

Astrid becomes a bridesmaid in Erika's wedding at the end of the second movie.

By the third film, Erika named Astrid the godmother of Stoick. Erika becomes Astrid's maid of honor in her and Hiccup's wedding.

Toothless
Toothless and Erika seem to get along and share a close bond with each other. Toothless trusts Erika as she was the one who convinced Hiccup not to kill him and because of that, Erika earned Toothless' trust. He also trusts her to look after Nightshade since Nightshade is Toothless' twin sister.

After the battle of the Red Death, when Toothless reveals a very much alive Hiccup, Erika lets out a cry of relief before hugging Toothless, thanking him for saving Hiccup.

In The Hidden World, Nightshade and Toothless pull in Hiccup and Erika in a group hug before leaving to the Hidden World with the rest of the dragons.

Hookfang
Erika and Hookfang have a better relationship than Snotlout and Hookfang. Hookfang seems to trust Erika and is protective of her.

Gobber the Belch
Gobber was named as Erika's godfather. Though the two hardly interact, it is clear that they both love each other. Like Stoick and Hiccup, Gobber is very protective of Erika and will do anything to protect her.

Fishlegs Ingerman
Fishlegs and Erika got along really well.

Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston
Although the twins got on her nerves, Erika was very close towards them, mostly towards Ruffnut. They each seem to respect each other and enjoy each other's company. Tuffnut even developed a one-sided crush on Erika, who seemed quite disturbed by his crush.

Though they never interacted as much in the second film, the twins celebrated for Erika becoming Chieftess along with the other vikings. They were also cheering during her's and Snotlout's wedding.

Spitelout Jorgenson
Spitelout is Erika's father-in-law. Though they hardly interacted with each other, Spitelout cared deeply for Erika as a daughter and respected her. He was very supportive of her's and Snotlout's relationship.

When Erika and Snotlout were always on missions, Spitelout would watch his grandson, Stoick Jorgenson II for them.

Eret, Son of Eret
When they first meet, Erika and Eret's relationship started out as a rocky one when he attempted to try to trap dragons for Drago Bludvist. Once he bonded with Stormfly, Eret realized what dragons were like and switched sides.

After the battle with Drago's Bewilderbeast, she sees potential in him and also thanks him for helping her and the others. They become good friends and even shared a friendly hug with each other.

Trivia

 * The name Erika means "eternal ruler" or "ever powerful" in Old Norse.
 * Erika is the first teen to have a real life name with the second being Astrid and the third being Heather. But unlike Heather, Erika's name is historically correct and originates from Viking culture.
 * Erika is the first adoptive child in the franchise with the second being her sister, Heather.
 * Erika is the only Dragon Rider who is not from Berk.
 * Erika is the only viking to not wear a helmet, kransen ,or shoulder pads. She also is the only viking to wear a dress instead of a skirt.
 * Erika has a lot in common with Heather.
 * They were both separated from each other and were drifted off together by Dagur.
 * Along with Astrid, they are the only female Dragon Riders that have the same gender of dragons.
 * Both were adopted but not into the same family.
 * They share the same green eyes, just like their brother, Dagur.
 * Both are second-in-commands. (Erika to her adoptive brother, Hiccup, and Heather to their older brother, Dagur.)
 * Each possess a memento from their biological father. (Primrose's bow and Heather's horn and Dragon Eye lens.)
 * Both are the only female Berserkers to join the Dragon Riders.
 * Erika is the youngest daughter and child of both her biological and adoptive families.
 * People from the village thought Erika was the actual daughter of Stoick and Valka, considering she shares the same red hair as Stoick have green eyes like Stoick and Hiccup.
 * Erika is the youngest and shortest Dragon Rider of the franchise, being an inch shorter than Snotlout.
 * Erika, Hiccup, and Fishlegs are the only Dragon Riders who have green eyes.
 * Erika and Snotlout are the third Dragon Riders that are in a relationship, the first being Heather and Fishlegs and the second being Hiccup and Astrid.
 * As of How to Train Your Dragon 2, Erika and Snotlout are the first to be married.
 * As of How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World, Hiccup and Astrid are the second to be married out of the Riders.
 * As of How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World, Erika and Snotlout are the first to have a kid.