Age of the Midnight Prince

557th of Iron Rule, early summer, the Winternight Empire. Never in the history of man or dragon has such a massive collaborative effort been made towards the growth and benefit of both, nor has anything remotely similar to it been so successful.
30 years have passed since Drago lay waste to Berk. An estimated total of nearly 9 000 dragons have been rescued, tamed, rehabilitated and found their riders. Thrice as many returned to their wild homes. As glorious as it was, too many dragons were following Toothless' banner, and the village faced famine.
So, they left for a new home. Taking a much more honourable name, the Night Fury now called the Midnight Prince accepted an automatic tail, and settled down at a large island some distance from Berk- not so close as to compete, but not too far that he cannot make trips to repair and maintain his tail.
Bewilderbeast of the supposedly late Drago, the once-nameless Tusjk has pledged himself to aid Midnight in managing his empire. After returning to Berk under peaceful intentions, Midnight took pity on the somewhat crippled giant and they now work as co-Alphas, and close friends.
But Midnights past is not as far behind him as he likes to believe. And a cold reminder is waiting in deep stone, coaxing a fire to burn into something more.

This is an old and incomplete work originally posted on the SoD forum- at this point it's more of a little nod to the franchise that got me to start writing, and the furthest HtTYD related piece I made. Whether or not I bring up the motivation to finish this really depends on if this gets any attention here.
Most if not all characters are not mine- they are either franchise characters, or borrowed from SoD Forum users.