When eret talks with hiccup and toothless he brings up a good point that while adulfr is ultimately responsible for hafni's death it was one of Berks dragons that caused his death and as the alphas the actions of their subjects reflect on hiccup and toothless. When hiccup and toothless talk with isak if is good that hiccup and toothless do aplogize, they refute isaks points about dragons and they prove dragons can understand humans. Hiccup will need to be careful though In the future about who he reveals his secret to.

although eret immediately suspects ormar of treachery when he goes to warn ragnar it is good that ragnar defends ormar and we learn that it was ragnars guards that were treacherous. it is good then that hiccup sets himself free and he stills tries to reason with one of the sabeteurs. then hiccup steals the keys and sets the others free and the other dragons come in to rescue hiccup toothless and the other dragons who were captured. at the end hiccup as is natural for him ends this by talking with isak not with violence. so once ragnar comes in hiccup stays true to his word and convinces ragnar not to exile them. also at the end hiccup accepts that smoking bay isnt ready to live with dragons but still lets ragnar understand torchs mother so that they can come to an agreement. also when ormar asks hiccup how he came to be able to understand thought speak hiccup makes a good decision to keep the explanation vague and it is good that ragnar throws a feat to honor hiccup and toothless and then hiccup and toothless go home.

It is good that after hiccup talk with Mike about the fact that mom doesn't want to take over as chief which hiccup can relate to hiccup and toothless introduce mik to torch. Then it is good that hiccup has eret and the members of his crew stay at the places where they suspect isak and the other sabeteurs will be. Unfortunately when hiccup and the others arrive in the cave they fall for a ambush but it is good that hiccup still does try to reason with isak and end this peacefully

That review I just posted for chapter 1 was meant to be for chapter 4

when hiccup toothless and aksel investigate the scene further it is good they find evidence that cinder didnt do it and that nicholas wasnt being honest. when hiccup and toothless talk about whether or not hiccup should tell ormar about the heart bind i think hiccup ultimately makes the right decision to tell ormar that he can understand dragons but not all the details. hiccup makes a goo decision when he tells ormar not to reveal sensitive details but allow him to understand toothless to prove he can hear thought speak. it is good that hiccup toothless askel cinder and ormar have a conversation where cinder tells her side of the story. then fortunately hiccup shows eret how the evidence that dragons attacked the storehouse was fabricated. it is good that hiccup comes up with a plan to tail the saboteurs and find out where they are hiding but unfortunately isak has men spy on them so they set up an ambush of their own.

It is good that when hiccup and toothless went back into the ring they convince Darius that toothless seems to understand human speech and even the other chieftans are convinced. Also when the one human Darius asks toothless a question that is not a yes or no question toothless still tries to respond. When the protestors say dragons should not live with humans hiccup soothes people's concerns and Mikel ragnars son pets toothless. When the protestors cause hiccup to question if he is doing the right thing it is good that eret assures hiccup he is not doing the wrong when the storehouse is supposedly raided it is good that hiccup toothless and eret investigate the storehouse And when hiccup and toothless question cinder they believe her.

once hiccup and toothless go into the ring and recognize torch we see that toothless still doesnt like torch but it is good he agrees to at least be civil. then it is good that hiccup calls out ragnar and the other chieftans for frightening torch and locking him up. it is good that hiccup realizes that torch's mom is just confused and once she is down hiccup meets torch's siblings. then it is good that hiccup mediates a peace agreement between ragnar and torchs mom. Also when torchs mom nods to show she understands ragnar is convinced that dragons can understand humans.

It is good to hear that askel now has a dragon named cinder and that hiccup admits he would give everyone the ability to hear thought speak if he could. Though it is sad to hear that humans calling themselves dragon purists are more stubborn in not wanting humans and dragons to live together. It is good that hiccup and toothless get invited to smoking bay by chief ragnar. I understand why hiccup is hesitant but ultimately toothless and the others are right so they decide to go to smoking bay. Once hiccup and toothless arrive on smoking bay it is good that hiccup makes it clear that adulfr spread lies about hiccup and toothless.

This was a nice story. It wasn't as grand as the rest, but it did move the story forward. It giving Hiccup allies and a better understanding of how to help people understand dragons and to not be pushy. And I liked seeing Torch. It was very nostalgic.

A tough conversation, but one that needed to be had - two, really, if you count Eret dressing down Hiccup just a bit, and I'm going to count that. Well done! A great loose end to tie up...and a good remaining loose end to point out, both ways!

*insert plot twist later on*

Great chapter! Keep up your great work and please update soon!

Thanks for doing this chapter and I hope that you consider doing that idea I private messaged you in a future story. I can see big things for Isak even though he's an oc you made up to be the antagonist of this story. Also I'm so proud of Hiccup and Toothless for handling this so well, though it was bound to be a little tough since all vikings are stubborn. You also raised some good points that I didn't think of.

I keep being told I should get a tumblr account, and then I keep being told that tumblr is a black hole of never-have-a-free-moment-again-ness, and then I'm told again I should have one because I could post links and updates and Nightfall stuff and all-points messages on it... Please let me know how your experience goes!

Noam's reflexive "It wasn't me!" keeps making me laugh.

I'm glad Ormar turned out to be trustworthy after all! You did a very good job of making him seem just suspicious enough for me to doubt him - too good to be true often is, after all. But it's always wonderful to also allow for the fact that there might be people out there who Get It and are worth the risk for.

Love that the twins taught Hiccup how to pick locks and pockets - good TV show detail! also from my "Stormfall" research I can tell you that the average lock in that day and age couldn't quite be broken with a sneeze, but they were not that impressive - and that Hiccup keeps a knife in his belt in exactly the right place to cut his way free when he's got his hands tied behind his back. That must have been an interesting R&D process...whoever did he get to tie him up (and possibly let him out) until he got it right? I'm assuming not the twins, or he'd still be there...

Nice work on the "villains" - not evil, just unhappy, and like many people who do stupid things, haven't thought it all the way through! Very realistic, as you consistently are.

Flash&Fog is a great Zippleback name.

I always smile a lot at what a fantastic pair and team Hiccup and Toothless are. You've brought that through very well indeed.

Congratulations on finishing this story!

Le'letha

Hot springs... (zombie voice) HOT SPRINGS...

Just sayin'.

The rivalry between Toothless and Torch continues to be hilarious. I love the way Toothless keeps acting like "go away, stupid baby, this is my human" even though Torch is really no threat to him. It's very sweet.

Hiccup's plans NEVER go the way he plans them, so the outcome of this chapter has me sighing and saying, "Yep, that's about what I'd expect!" It's not his fault that the easiest way to find a trap is to step into it, really hard... And I applaud your use of sedative darts as really the only reasonable way to ambush not just one dragon, but an entire hunting flock. Having spent the afternoon helping my mom wind Christmas lights around a very prickly sago palm that she's trying to keep warm even in our halfhearted winters, I know firsthand that even wrapping a single strand around something that isn't actually fighting back, but that has many pointy bits, is work, and not fun. And that was an inanimate (if large) plant.

Hog-tying an active, angry, fire-breathing, clawed and fanged, many-times-human-sized dragon would seem to be just about impossible. Points to the TV show for net-throwers, I guess.

Early forensics! Otherwise known as paying attention and being skeptical! And yet, so far beyond so many people for so long... I mean, Hiccup's coming at things from somewhat of a bias - he really doesn't want this to be the fault of dragons and he's got a definite interest in it not being dragons' work - but he's smart and he's fair and he's creative, and all of that makes him good at asking questions like these. Well done!

I like how this has become kind of a mystery, with leads and suspects and alibis and witnesses to interview. I've been trying to come up with some way to write a mystery-type plot into "Nightfall", because I do enjoy mysteries, and I keep coming up against the fact that my Hiccup and Toothless just don't think that way, and what would they be investigating anyway? Dragons mostly settle their own fights, or in extreme or rare cases, the king steps in, and who lies to a telepath, right?

But that's not relevant to this chapter.

Ormar reacted much better than I was expecting! I'd worry a lot about him mentioning anything to anyone else, even if by accident, though.

I don't think Hiccup's lazy for not wanting to walk any great distance. He's only got one foot, after all, and the prosthetic can't be all that comfortable for any great length of time, no matter how carefully crafted. That's a wound that's always going to be with him, and it makes a lot of sense for him to find ways to take some stress off it whenever possible. We don't see much of that in the TV show, but it's something I'd write in around the edges, if I was running the show/s.