Update Thread 38: More of What You're Looking For

[Mamorien]

Starting from the 1040s AD, the economic effects of dragons upon human society can only be described as transformative, to the point where the time period between 1040 and 1400 is described as the Dragon Era, in line with the Stone, Agricultural, Bronze, Iron, Steam, Industrial, Fission, Information, Space, Genetic, Nanotech, and Fusion Eras.  While most popular depictions of history focus more on the visually impressive aspects of aerial combat and the uses of dragons in warfare, such fixation overlooks the majority of the actual effects of dragons on human society.  Dragons revolutionized transport and communications within a decade, and the adoption of a dragon-scale currency neatly toppled the feudal systems of Europa that had dominated the region for centuries within sixty years.  Even in modern times, each class and breed of dragon is economically useful in some manner: Boulder-classes carve out both the terraurban spaces of modern cities and the subterranean arteries that tie the cities together, and smelt the steel that form the bones of the arcologies and skyscrapers.  Stoker-classes produce hydrocarbons in a variety of useful forms.  Many dragon venoms, especially those of Sharp-class breeds, can be processed into pharmaceuticals…

In Rome, Viggo Grimborn helps the Church interrogate Harthacnut's senior surviving Thingman, and learns enough about Hiccup to start making his own plans. In Brittany, Dogsbreath and Inga try to get their bearings. In Nidaros, Ruffnut has a consultation that sits at the heart of this week's content warning ("Medically sensitive subjects, discussion of abortion, abortion practices, pregnancy death risk"). On Berk, Hiccup gets into disputes and difficulties. And near Melfi, Snotlout Sigurd prepares for another dragon-back battle, and opens up a little about home, as A Thing of Vikings continues:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/104089...s/34496540
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12639117/53...Of-Vikings