

They carried the airship back to the Warlords' armada, with Berk's dragons in tow. Upon supposedly annoying Grimmel into submission, she was set free and given the Scuttleclaw as a means of transportation back to New Berk.Ĭarrying his airship, they followed Ruffnut to New Berk and revealed themselves when Grimmel captured Toothless and his mate, attaching them to the ship. With Ruffnut left behind, she was placed in a cage with a Scuttleclaw that is predisposed to be fed to the Deathgrippers (to Ruffnut's disgust). The Deathgrippers were then attacked by the Rescued Crimson Goregutter who demolished the base and trapped the dragons under debris. He ordered them to kill the riders, chasing them out of his base and very nearly killed Hiccup. The Dragon Riders attempted to capture Grimmel, learning that he controlled the Deathgrippers with their own venom attached through vials in their collars. When Valka was flying on scouting patrol, two of the Deathgrippers attacked her and Cloudjumper, unsuccessfully attempting to knock her off of the Stormcutter as they were thrown away and called back by Grimmel. Later on, when Grimmel met Hiccup at his house, he was threatened by the Dragon Riders and summoned his Deathgrippers to burn down the house with their fiery acid. Upon reuniting with them, one of the dragons tackled Ragnar the Rock and was called off by Grimmel upon instruction. The Deathgrippers were introduced carrying Grimmel's airship to the Warlords' island.

For many years, these six Deathgrippers served Grimmel as his personal dragon killers, which he controlled by using their own venom against them.
