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Princess Asta Rhonda Haddock (November 10, AD 1042-October 16, AD 1122), the firstborn child of Hiccup and Wulfhild Haddock, was an early Norse scientist of the Dragon Era, whose areas of interest included biology, anatomy, botany, mathematics, geology, paleontology, and cartography.  Taught by her father, she also completed a full course of education at Waterford University.  As one of the foremost early alumni of that institution, she achieved formal recognition as a Master of Natural Philosophy three times over during the course of her career (and is considered to be the founder of the fields of modern geology and paleontology as a result, based on her published studies of the fossils and sedimentary layers of Europa and the northern Vestrilands), in addition to the collaborative research work she engaged in, especially with her other siblings.

While she advised her half-sister, the Empress Valka II, on scientific matters, she actively shunned involvement into politics, viewing them as a distraction from her scientific work…

In Algeciras, Caliph Viggo prepares for war and other humorous events. In the council room of Berk's mead hall, as the walkers discuss walker matters, Toothless listens to Meatlug explain the situation with Heather, then encounters two different facets of walker mating practices; in the aftermath and the main room, Trader Johann explains Sailor Beorn's new responsibilities. Outside the chief's hut, Toothless listens to another discussion he doesn't really understand, which leads him to consider how much has changed between flyers and walkers in the two turnings of seasons since Hiccup knocked him from the skies. At Inbhir Niss, Mac Bethad explains a partial truth to Jacob in hopes of keeping the young man peaceful, then receives news on how his preparations for war are going. Back in the mead hall on Berk, Fishwings witnesses Stoick's judgment on Beorn's revealed secret, considers revealing her own secrets, and makes it clear to Spitelout that she knows his. Peeking in a window of the chief's hut from the roof, Toothless is stunned by understanding of what Meatlug was trying to tell him about walker eggs. And we close in Constantinople, where Sigurd and his wing-mates are contemplating their next move, only to find that the game has moved as they play...

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