Night Fury

The Night Fury is the fastest, smartest, and rarest of the known species of dragons, as Toothless might be the last known member of his species.

It is small to medium-sized with a sleek, dark body with varying shades of a navy blue coloration.

It sometimes appears bluish and has faint lighter patterns similar to that of a manta ray.

The Night Fury somewhat resembles an axolotl in general appearance and has two pairs of wings with a shape similar to a bat, two mobile, ear-like appendeges on the back of its head that show its mood, as well as other pairs around their jaw depending on their age.

They also have a pair of large, yellowish-green, cat-like eyes and sharp retractable teeth.

Unlike most dragon species, the Night Fury has a short neck and lacks any kind of horns.

The dragon is about 26 feet in length, 27 as a grown dragon

In flight, the Night Fury's wingspan is unrivaled, bearing approximately 48 feet, making it resemble some sort of jet plane.

This allows it to fly faster, longer and further than any of the other dragon species. It is similar to the speed of a Skrill, being slightly faster.

It uses the wing-like fins on its tail to help steer and maneuver, similar to an airplane rudder.

However, a Night Fury will be incapable of flying if one of these fins is missing or destroyed which shows that they are also used for ballast in flight.

This species also possess remarkable speed and agility on land, being able to outrun and outmaneuver most other dragons and even being able to jump to and leap from various objects like trees or walls.

The Night Fury's name in The Dragon Manual before it was known about.

Night Furies are generally quite aggressive to any form of threat they find, similar to how the other dragons treat the Vikings of Berk.

According to the Dragon Manual, the Night Fury is considered to be so aggressive that it is likened to the "unholy offspring of lightning and death itself".

Toothless proves himself to be a highly capable and formidable fighter when he manages to defeat a Monstrous Nightmare, one of the Vikings most feared enemies, and also quickly outmaneuvers and defeats many Vikings including Stoick the Vast, who is presumably the best dragon slayer in Berk.

However, like their fellow dragons, Night Furies appear to have a different personality when they are not threatened.

They are curious creatures that attempt to understand new things they observe and are intelligent enough to attempt to recreate the actions that they see.

Night Furies, in comparison to most other dragons, are very capable of communicating, and seemingly understanding human speech: the best evidence of this is when he makes a noise in agreement with Hiccup regarding the fact that the Red Death can fly or when Hiccup orders Toothless not to kill Astrid and Stoick.

Toothless also does not have a very hard time getting his emotions noticed: for example, Toothless growled when

Hiccup stepped on his drawing, or snarled in disgust and fear when Hiccup mentioned he put an eel in Toothless' dish.

In Dreamworks Dragons: Riders Of Berk episode We Are Family Part I, Toothless demonstrates the ability to use echolocation.

When Night Furies are at locations where their visual sight is limited, making it dangerous to fly, they can use a special roar.

This roar, visualized as a purple colored sound wave from the dragon's perspective, bounces off all objects and obstacles nearby and allows the dragon to avoid them, even in mid-flight.

Unlike with bats, this roar, or at least part of it, is still low enough to be within human hearing range; humans are able to hear the dragon using the roar.

In the second movie, Valka showed Hiccup hidden fins on Toothless' back, that even the dragon himself didn't know about, most likely because he lacked other Night Furies to show that feature to him.

After that he is able to extend them at will.

Those "flaps" are flat, leathery fins, placed in 'V' shape and extending from his back, to the end of tail.

They gave him more maneuverability and control in flight.

Night Furies are shown to be amazing swimmers as demonstrated by Toothless.

He can swim in high speed and hold his breath for a while, but Night Furies do have a limit and will drown unless they have access to air.

Also demonstrated in the second film, Night Furies are shown to be able to "charge" themselves, which gives them more strength, stronger fire with seemingly no limit, and the ability to not only withstand Alpha's control, but also to break that control over other dragons, which makes a lot of sense, as Toothless was the only dragon able to oppose the Red Death's control even inside its nest.

This also give them a more menacing look with their back, nose and mouth glowing bluish color similar to their fire, probably due to the amount and strength of this fire inside them.

Toothless, in this form, was able to challenge Drago's Alpha, and not only hold his own, but also free other dragons from control, and order them to attack the evil Bewilderbeast.

After that, the Alpha gives up, and the other dragons accept Toothless as their new alpha.

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