Dragon Warriors AU

Dragon Warriors AU (also known as Martial-Arts AU, Ninja/Samurai AU, Kimono AU and China/Japan AU) is an AU in the fandom where the Big Four are warriors of Martial-Arts, Kung Fu and Karate.

About the AU
Spawning from fanart, this AU places the Big Four, and other such characters as masters of Martial-Arts, Kung Fu, Karate and other fighting skills from China or Japan. The four are also dressed in Kimonos, Ninja and Samurai getup.

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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Hiccup learned his skills from ancient scrolls from an old temple he used to play in as a kid with his friends and befriends a 'Chinese' dragon. Hiccup is sometimes portrayed as the Karate Kid and his Zodiac animal sigh is a Dragon (Element: Earth and stands for Lucky, eccentric, imaginative, artistic and spiritual) or Tiger (the year HTTYD came out, while HTTYD2 came out on the year of the Horse).

Jack Frost
Jack is trained by the guardians to protect men from the dark and fetch old scrolls and powerful artifacts that cannot fall into the wrong hands, like Pitch and his Night Ninjas. His CZ sigh is Monkey (Element: Metal and stands for Quick-witted, charming, lucky, adaptable, bright, versatile and lively) or Dragon (the year RotG came out, while the Jack Frost book of the Guardians of Childhood came out on the year of the Sheep/Ram/Goat).

Merida DunBroch
Merida wears a Kimono by day and places her samurai gear on at night. Merida is born in the year of the Horse (Fire and Adaptable, loyal, courageous, ambitious, intelligent, adventurous and strong) or Dragon (the year Brave came out). Her fighting spirit can also cast her as Fa Mulan from Disney's 36th film: Mulan.

Rapunzel Corona
Rapunzel wears her Kimono (with Sun, Flower or Lantern patterns) while serving tea to her gests and when she's alone she works on her Tai-chi in the garden. Her CZ birth sigh is the Rat (Fire and Intelligent, adaptable, quick-witted, charming, artistic and sociable) or Tiger (the year Tangled came out).

Fanfiction

 * RotBT Xiaolin Dragons- First Impressions by GeminiEarthDragon
 * RotBT Xiaolin Dragons- Beverages by GeminiEarthDragon
 * RotBTXD- Here There Be Dragons by GeminiEarthDragon
 * How To Train Your Dragon: The Musical (Chapter 4) (Chapter 12) by Litwick723