As the sun made its descent in the West, Tensay had finished uttering the funeral rites for the fallen Wenja after they were buried not far from the village. Those who survived either mourned in silence or wiped the tears that dripped from their eyes. Sayla could only clench her ear necklace with closed eyes as anguish and anger filled her heart. The wolves and the dhole whimpered in their grief while the owl gazed on, knowing that the spirits of the dead Wenja had walked free. Tuffnut and Snotlout stood without saying a word, Ruffnut allowed Fishlegs to wrap his left arm around her, and Astrid held her hand with that of Hiccup. The young chieftain allowed minute tears to slip away, for the funeral reminded him of someone he looked up to for much of his life. He and his friends just knew the Wenja of Oros for a couple of days at least, but the bond of the tribe ran deeper than just mere acquaintanceship.


"Great thinking on crafting the bee bombs, guys." Fishlegs and the Twins swelled with pride upon hearing Hiccup's compliment. It was nighttime and the group was sitting around a campfire in front of their cave holding the aforementioned bee bombs in their hands. None of the humans felt disconcerted with the bees' presence since the smoke from the blaze had pacified their aggressive nature. "They can be very useful when large numbers of Udam are together."

"Yeah, can't wait to make them scream in terror all over again."

"You said it, brother."

The Twins gave each other a high-five as Snotlout took a bite out from a salmon that had been roasted and skewered through a wooden stick.

"We also need to be aware of those Udam poison bombs that make people go berserk and kill each other," he said with a mouthful.

"Agreed," said Fishlegs. "Quick time reaction is our best chance against those weapons."

"Building up immunity towards them is also the key," Astrid added. "Maybe if we capture one living Udam and quest-"

"Whoa, whoa, got to stop you there, A."

"Is there a problem, Snotlout?"

Snotlout finished swallowing his meal so he could continue his objection.

"Catching an Udam is one thing. Getting him to talk about his tribe's weaponry is another matter entirely seeing how all of them prefer to kill and eat us."

"He's got a point," chimed in Fishlegs.

"An adequate argument, Snotlout," Hiccup declared. "Though we shouldn't give up on it if the fates of the living Wenja are at stake."

Hiccup and his group then looked solemnly at the campfire with blank stares in their eyes, uncertain of what their next move in defeating the Udam would be.

"If only there is a way to know the Udam a bit more without making them kill us," stated Tuffnut.

"There might be."

A new voice surprised Hiccup's group as they turned around to see Sayla standing close to them.

"What did you say, Sayla?" Astrid asked.

"Tensay wants to see all of you in his hut."

Hiccup was the first to enter Tensay's hut. Even though it was during the dark of the night, the torches within gave light to the interior. Clay pots and baskets weaved from reeds were placed in the corners while bones and ornaments were hung from the ceiling with ropes. The group's main focus was on the shaman who had his back turned to them.

"Beast Masters. Come in."

As all six of them entered the hut, Hiccup cleared his throat to speak.

"What is it, Tensay?"

"Your spirits hunger," he said as he reached for something from a dark corner of the hut. "For another vision."

Hiccup's group could feel trifling queasiness in their stomachs when they realized the shaman's words and the objects he was retrieving. The leopard skulls were filled with blood again, and to the group's growing revulsion, they saw eyeballs floating on the surface.

"Are those, eyeballs?" inquired Ruffnut before she puffed out her cheeks.

"Udam eyeballs," Tensay answered. "Drink them and see through the eyes of the Udam."

All six of them exchanged glances of abhorrence, some greater than others. But Hiccup and Astrid knew that Tensay's concoction helped them in becoming the Beast Masters, and the new one before them could aid them in learning more about the Udam. With the pair leading the way, the other four closed their eyes and followed in gulping down the salty blood and eyeballs. They desired to vomit everything out, but their waning strength and the hazing world drove them to lie on the ground as all went black.


Hiccup and his friends woke up to find themselves in a ravine swathed with snow as fresh snowflakes drifted down from the stars.

"I swear, I need to say 'no' the next time Tensay asks me to drink blood," Snotlout remarked as he stood on his feet.

"It's rude to refuse a Shaman's gift, S," replied Tuffnut as he and Ruffnut helped Fishlegs up. The largest of the three expected shivers to course through his body, but the temperature around him felt normal.

"We're lucky this is a vision, otherwise we will have frostbites."

Astrid's ears picked up faint noises coming from the other side of the ravine and patted Hiccup to the direction her finger was pointing at. Hiccup heard it too and silently gestured to the others to follow him. Along their walk, they saw trees that had been stripped off of leaves, icicles hanging from the ledges of the ravine, and spikes of pure ice protruding from the earth. It did not take long for them to reach a clearing filled with Udam. The group was lucky that the Udam were oblivious to their presence as they looked around to see the opposing tribe standing and sitting with shivers while muttering things such as 'why do we keep dying?' to themselves. There were also Udam women breastfeeding their babies who kept on crying despite their mothers nourishing them.

"Do not touch the Stone Woman!"

The exclaim startled the group and to their shock, they saw Ull standing behind an altar that was sporting a stone idol sculpted to resemble an armless woman. Ull kept on repeating his warning with both hands reached out and eyes flooded with fear. This vision confounded Hiccup even further than the last one, and he ignored the Udam leader's admonitions as he slowly stretched his left hand to the Stone Woman. Before Hiccup's fingertips could touch the idol, a large blizzard manifested around the area, creating a white fog that blanketed everything in sight.

"Hiccup? What's going on?"

"Astrid? Guys?"

The blizzard died down and the group found themselves transported in a windswept encampment adorned with skeletons and bone trees decorated with animal skulls. What's more incredible was that all six of them were armed with white clubs that possessed bloodied spikes on them.

"Whoa," Ruffnut said with awe.

"Whoa indeed," agreed Tuffnut.

"Now this is something I want in the real world," Snotlout professed as he swung his club around with joy and all his might.

"Uhh, guys…"

Fishlegs' stammering was quick in warning his friends of the angry Udam that was running towards them from the distance. As the Udam prepared to attack, Hiccup swatted the club in his hand and sent the Udam flying before he shattered into ice. The young chieftain and his friends let their jaws hung open, for the outcome was incredulous and flabbergasting. But bafflement would have to wait as more Udam warriors could be heard shouting and seen sprinting to them. The group knew what they had to do and let out their battle cries as they dashed alongside one another.

"Take that! And that!"

"Wenja coming through!"

"Snotlout! Snotlout! Oi! Oi! Oi!"

Dozens of Udam crumbled as the group continued to bash their way through the snowy camp, brushing off the fact that the ground they were fighting on was red as blood. After destroying several dozen Udam in their path, Hiccup saw the Stone Woman idol at a much larger scale standing between a giant glacier and several Udam women, begging and praying for blessings. Suddenly, the earth shook and the Stone Woman carved its way through the glacier and the Udam women screamed in pain as they dissolved into ice. Hiccup's group could only watch as the vision just got more convoluted for them.

"So much for praying to their goddess," Fishlegs stated.

"It seems that the Stone Woman does not answer the cries of the Udam," added Astrid with a voice of uncertainty.

Despite what he saw and listened to, Hiccup led his friends forward through the path that the Stone Woman made within the glacier. As the group trekked between the walls of ice, they started to notice that the ground they were traversing was transforming slowly from bleak and red to green and fertile. Soon enough, a few more Udam revealed themselves along the path, but Astrid's swift reflexes dispatched them with ease. Before they realized it, a loud bang momentarily shook the world and it motivated the group on running through the path. It took a little while until they stopped at the sight of the Stone Woman cornered onto a wall of rock in a massive cave filled with flowers and icy statues of Udam frozen in submissive or frightened stances. Mystified, Hiccup's group slowly walked past the Udam statues and towards the Stone Woman. Once they were a few feet away from the idol's feet, Hiccup felt the urge to throw his club at the great effigy before turning to his friends.

"Everyone, prepare to throw your clubs at it."

Without hesitation, all six of them lifted their clubs above their heads and in unison, flung the weapons onto the Stone Woman. Upon colliding, the aftershock powdered the effigy into ice and threw Hiccup and his friends backward. They stiffened their bodies to prepare for the impact, but they felt nothing as all around them turned black.


Hiccup's group felt nausea overwhelming their heads and stomachs when they woke up to the light of Tensay's hut. Unable to carry the revulsion any longer, they turned around and expelled heaps of reeking green slime from their mouth to the floor that eventually combined into a massive puddle. The retching took seconds to finish and they all saw Tensay kneeling in front of them while inspecting the upchucked content.

"Strong drink," stated the shaman. "Too many Udam eyeballs, or too few."

Snotlout was unable to throw a jab since the biliousness took up much of his strength. Hiccup, however, was more fixated on his experience in the vision.

"We saw frozen Udam."

"Yes," Tensay replied with a nod as he stood up and picked up a vacant leopard skull as he searched the hut for more ingredients. "Trapped in ice. Sick and dying. The Udam begged the Stone Woman to protect them, but not anymore."

Hiccup helped his wife and his friends in regaining their stance as Tensay continued his investigation.

"So, can we…" Hiccup queried as he pointed to the direction of the hut's entrance.

"Oh, of course! Go and reclaim your strength, Beast Masters."

The group spared no second in walking out from the shaman's hut and relished the welcoming morning sunshine that they deserved.