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| “ | If I don’t find out where the Rim of Heaven is soon, I’m going to eat that silver dragon along with his small human and the shaggy brownie. | „ |
| ~ Nettlebrand in the book. |
| “ | A silver dragon? I have never heard of a silver dragon. I yearn for a silver dragon! I hunger for a silver dragon! SHOW ME THIS SILVER DRAGON! | „ |
| ~ Nettlebrand expressing his desire to eat Firedrake, in the movie. |
Nettlebrand, also known as "The Golden One", is the main antagonist of the 1997 children's novel Dragon Rider, written by the German writer Cornelia Funke and its 2020 animated film adaptation. He is a monster made of golden metal plates and dragon scales that was created by an alchemist to hunt down dragons for their horns.
He was voiced by Rick Kavanian in the original German version and by Patrick Stewart in English (who also played Locutus in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dr. Jonas in Conspiracy Theory, Rafe Bentley in Masterminds, Pharaoh Seti I in The Prince of Egypt, Napoleon in the 1999 Animal Farm film, King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Avery Bullock in American Dad!, King Claudius in the 2008 Hamlet stage play, Zobek in the Castlevania video game series, the Master of the Hunt in Futurama, Darcy Banker in Green Room and John Bosley in the 2019 Charlie's Angels film)
Description[]
Appearance[]
Nettlebrand is a large and muscular draconic monster with a body composed by an golden armor covered in dust and scales, his head is composed by a bunch of spikes in the top and a face with lion-like features. He has sharp claws, red eyes with a black schlera, an long spiny tail as well a red philosopher's stone chained over her chest.
Personality[]
Nettlebrand can described as a sadistic, vicious but sophisticated monster that has anger issues if some don't do what he wants. He also said to love playing golf and felt the summer breeze on his face but not as much as devoured the dragons.
Biography[]
Book[]
In the medieval times. An alchemist wanted dragon horns to make gold. He created Nettlebrand to have the power to communicate and to travel through water. Nettlebrand's armour is invincible to dragon fire. Nettlebrand ate his alchemist and Twigleg’s 11 homunculus brothers. However, Twigleg was spared as he needed someone to polish his armor. Unfortunately for Nettlebrand, the armor polish was replaced with brownie spit. Nettlebrand enters the cave, and is at once dive-bombed by Firedrake, Maia, and Lola in her plane. The dragons come together and set Nettlebrand afire. The brownie spit reacts at once, dissolving Nettlebrand's armor and weakening him. He melts to reveal nothing but a toad underneath.
Movie[]
Created by the alchemist Petrocius, Nettlebrand turned on his own creator and devoured him before going after the dragons who could do nothing against him due to Nettlebrand's fireproof armor. After a long hunt around the world, the monster lost track of his prey, leading him to hunt and kill the human dragon rider Varin, who refused to reveal anything aboutthe dragons to Nettlebrand and paid the ultimate price. Taking Varin's jewel (which was actually the key to the Rim of Heaven, a dragon paradise) and wearing it as a trophy from then on, Nettlebrand returned to his creator's castle, remaining obsessed with his desire to devour. In the meantime, he obtained Twigleg as a slave, also devouring his eleven siblings.
Five hundred years later, an increasingly-bored and frustrated Nettlebrand orders Twigleg to entertain him so the homunculus shows his master a website to meet the perfect Match. After giving a rather viscous description of himself, like his pleasure in devouring dragons, Nettlebrand is interrupted by Gravelbeard who warns him of Firedrake's presence nearby. Excited at the idea of devouring a silver dragon, the monster comes out of its lair to try to catch his new target but by the time he arrives, Firedrake, Sorrel and Ben have already spun through the air. He then sends Twigleg to their kit on the back of a raven, keeping in touch by phone. With the monster no longer having a slave, Gravelbeard proposes himself due to his reckless admiration for the metal creature, which Nettlebrand does not greatly delight since the dwarf easily infuriates him.
Only one day has passed, Nettlebrand continues to wait in his castle while enduring the chatter of Gravelbeard who dares to say that the monster has a sensitive side when he sees the dating site on his computer. He then waltzes the dwarf when he starts singing before receiving a call from Twigleg who informs him that the trio are heading to Rim of Heaven, much to his excitement. Upon learning that they are going to see a Ten Thousand Year Old Djinn, Nettlebrand tells Twigleg to continue following the trio as the Mighty Djinn is known to destroy those who come to see him, thus possibly destroying his chance to reach the Rim of Heaven. Knowing where the Mighty Djinn lives, Nettlebrand embarks on the submarine made by his creator with a clandestine Gravelbeard.
A few days later, Nettlebrand suddenly appears and attacks the Djinn as he was about to vaporize Firedrake. The two giants trade blows, with Nettlebrand having the upper hand in large part because the Djinn's eye ray does nothing to him. After beating the Djinn and once again missing the trio, Nettlebrand becomes exasperated from hearing Gravelbeard's incessant chatter until he crushes him under his tails, relieving him.
Continuing his hunt, Nettlebrand contacts a Twigleg recently discovered by the trio who tries to hide this from his master by claiming the Rim of Heaven is at the North Pole. The clumsiness of Deepak reveals the scam, to the anger of the monster who promises Twigleg that he will pay for his betrayal. Landing on the beach, Nettlebrand angrily emerges from his submarine and sends another raven that steals the map leading to a distant mountain named the Great Peak, a place where Ben thinks he has located the Rim of Heaven.
After another aquatic journey, the submarine pierces the ice and the monster comes out, still devilishly determined upon seeing the mountain. As the gang enters an Ice Cave, Sorrel spots Nettlebrand who quickly begins chasing them until he ends up under a landslide. Exited in time, the gang catch their breath seconds before Nettlebrand literally smashes the walls of ice separating him from the outside in an attempt to grab them but Firedrake dodges fast enough that Nettlebrand misses them, dragging the dragon-eating monster and the dwarf in. a fall to the bottom of the mist.
Still undefeated, Nettlebrand furiously extricated himself from the snow, a rusty part of his armor ripped off and revealing his golden body. He continues his hunt, nearly flushing out Ben and Twileg separated from Firedrake and Sorrel by their scent before Gravelbeard points out Ben's footsteps climbing to the top. Entering the temple with his long impatience to devour the silver dragon, Nettlebrand removes all of his bodily rust before a finished fleeing Firedrake bravely confronts him. The young dragon attacks only so that Nettlebrand does not easily push him back with a single swipe of his tail. Unable to compete with the monster's strength, Firedrake dodges as much as he can but Nettlebrand grabs him and slams him to the ground. Sorrel then tries to come to his friend's aid just so Nettlebrand doesn't flick her before grabbing Ben in the grappling hook of his tail. Twileg in turn tries to do something by distracting his former master with a fake tweet, unfortunately his phone's battery is suddenly drained. Nettlebrand throws down his phone and is a step away from devouring Ben as an appetizer while wanting Firedrake to watch him do it but encouraged by the human, Firedrake manages to make a blue fire more powerful than a normal fire, capable of damaging the beast. of metal. Consumed by flames against which his armor is powerless, Nettlebrand screams in agony as he is completely melted into liquid gold, ending his threat once and for all.
Trivia[]
- Unlike his counterpart in the book, Nettlebrand uses modern technology like a computer and a telephone and has no powers to communicate or travel through water, using a submersible to do the latter instead. The name of the alchemist who created him was also never revealed in the book.
External Links[]
- Nettlebrand on the Cornelia Funke Wiki