Chapter 20: Homecomings

''King Magnus's first visit to Berk was a watershed moment in many ways. While the king had come for his marriage and for the dragon that later became emblematic of his reign, by the time he had arrived, the Hooligans had spent a year integrating dragons into nearly every level of their society and economy. Witnessing the effects and advantages that this afforded his allies firsthand gave him not only the determination to effect similar changes on his own kingdom, it also gave him a map to doing so, the trailblazing having already been started by the Haddocks' and Ingerman's efforts over the prior year. Even discounting the other innovations and events that were introduced and occurred subsequent to his arrival, Magnus was still exposed to a society that could function without thrall labor and still be more prosperous than his own, and this had an indelible effect on the young king. ''

—The Second Flowering Of Yggdrasil: An Analysis Of The Norse Resurgence, 1710

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Epigraph Tie-In

 * The epigraph talks about Magnus' first visit to Berk. The chapter shows Magnus and the Norwegian delegation arriving in Berk.

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