Johann the Trader
| “ | There I was, sailing along the Twin Tooth fjords when a ship the size of a hammerhead whale suddenly appeared along my starboard bow! I didn't know what to do, and... | ” |
| — Johann [src] | ||
Johann the Trader was a Franchise character that ran the in-game Store and the trades for fish and farm products in Job Board. But, as for v3.0.0 - Hidden World Update, in February 21st, 2019, Johann has been removed from the game to keep up with the current How To Train Your Dragon story - his quests and steps have been distributed to other characters.
Description
His appearance in the game was based on his character in the series.
Johann is a middle-aged man with average height and fit body. His face is rectangular, with a long and large pointed nose, downturned, big greyish-teal eyes. He has long dark brown hair, tied in a low ponytail on the back. He has very long mustache, combed horizontally on the sides, with spiky points. He also have a long beard, braided on the chest.
Johann wears a short tunic with puffy sleeves, made with a densely patterned fabric in blue and white, similar to brocade. Over it, it wears a striped sash in 2 tones of red, crossed on the chest, and wrapped around his left hip. He also wears puffy pants with vertical stripes, in muted colors; white fabric bracers with crossed thin brown laces on top; brownish red tight boots with brown laces. At the waist, he wears a high brown belt, with golden decorative medallions, from which a roud leather pouch and a short knife hang. On his fingers, he wears several golden rings, some with colored stones.
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Front view
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Back view
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Left side
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Right side
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Facial features
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Detail of left hand rings
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Detail of right hand rings
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Detail of pouch and dagger
Personality
The personality of Johann in the game is based on the friendly trader that we see in the first seasons of the Dragons franchise. In the game, his love for narrating never-ending stories is not as developed as in the series (only shown in Solving the Gas), and in general the characters seems to respect him more in the game than in the shows.
Johann, being a trader and navigator, is always in search of exclusive and rare items he can sell or use in his trades. In game he was often the character to go to when some particular item was needed. For example, leather straps [src] , rubber [src] or a prism [src]. His experience as navigator is also treasured for solving everyday problems, like food conservation. [src]
He is also shown to be honest, refusing to get a Viking armor, knowing it could be of someone known in Berk. [src]
He's also generous as he will gladly lend his boat when needed. [src]
Being close to the Vikings of Berks, but making trades in all the archipelago, he's also used as middleman to deliver some message to the Dragon Riders. [src]
The only time he will act suspiciously, is in Johann's Secret Mission. He will push the Dragon Riders to confront the men of Stormheart, supposedly for an error.
History
In the Dragons series, Johann was a recurrent visitor of Berk, bringing his wares for trade, but is unknown for how many years he'd been doing that. In the game instead, due to him running the game store, he was a fixed presence in the School grounds.
He had a lot of stories about his adventures sailing far and wide for his trades, and while not all may be true, he surely had a vast experience in sailing and have been doing it for many years.
After the facts narrated in Dragons: Race to the Edge, where it's revealed that Johann was an ally of the Dragon Hunters, and met his end, his NPC was removed from the game, without an in game-explanation like in the case of Stoick the Vast.
For more information on Johann's role in the series, check here.
Locations
Johann was found near the Stores in Berk, School, and Icestorm Island.
He can still be found on a boat in The Ship Graveyard.
In the Game
Icestorm Island
Johann was the starting point for the expansion, as his boat in Berk got destroyed by ice spikes, created by the baby Groncicle. He acquired the Groncicle egg thinking it was the "Orb of Frozen Futures", a mystical treasure that you can use to see the future.
He will also provide the thermal clothing necessary to explore the caves in Icestorm Island, in Frostbite-Free.
Call of the Death Song
Johann reveals the important fact that Deathsongs eat eels in The Hatchery is in Trouble.
Rise of Stormheart
He is asked by Harald Forkbeard to act as a middleman to organize a meeting between him and the riders (What's Going On?), that will bring the player to meet Nikora Stormheart (The Queen of the Sea).
He then asks the Riders to help him get his boat back, causing the riders to confront Stormheart's men. It turns out their boat was one Johann himself sold to Harald weeks earlier, and not the one that was supposedly stolen, so this confrontation will cause troubles. [src]
Relationships
Skulder the Archaeologist
Johann considers Skulder a friend. They have a deal: he gives Skulder treasure maps to help him find his artifacts, and in return Skulder shares some of the valuables. [src]
Harald Forkbeard
In Battle for the Edge, he thinks Harald "is not a man to be trifled with, [...]. He will tell you exactly what you need to hear to let him into your grace, then stab you directly in the back!" And apparently, he has a scar to prove this point literally. [src]
But, in Rise of Stormheart, Johann thinks Harald is acting in good faith, and he can be a friend. [src]
Nikora Stormheart
Johann thinks Nikora is a "chilling captain" and her boat "an unsettling place". He warns the player that Nikora might want to challenge Hiccup to gain control of the archipelago.[src]
Gallery
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Trader Johann in game [src]
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Johann's graphic used for sale ads on the game social platforms
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Johann's graphic used for sale ads on the game social platforms
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Johann's model for the game
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Johann's animations
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| In-Game Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Movie Characters | Astrid • Bucket • Dagur • Eret • Fishlegs • Gobber • Grimmel • Heather • Hiccup • Johann † • Mala • Mildew • Mulch • Phlegma • Ruffnut • Snotlout • Stoick † • Tuffnut • Valka |
| Book Characters | Clueless • Speedifist • Wartihog | |
| Original Characters | Headmaster • Skulder • Harald • Stormheart | |