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Originally Posted by Varyon
I... think you may have missed the bit where OP said this was meant for 6 and 8-year-olds?
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That was more directed to the OP who expressed distaste for the world building in the HtTYD franchise. A "royal blood" justification just leads to that kind of expectation when you do world building,
even if the kids don't think that far. And it's still there for the adult(s) as something that naturally follows.
So if world building is important, things like this needs to be considered.
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That's probably just going to mean an unbroken, fairly uncomplicated line of succession
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Complications start arising once you start asking questions about succession. Who inherits the throne? The one with the strongest affinity? The one who trained the biggest/best/prettiest/rarest dragon? The one who trained most dragons?
If the trait is dominant (so it will appear in the family even if a spouse doesn't have it) it will eventually spread to other families and nations within a few generations, which breaks the "Only this nation can train dragons" premise.
If it's recessive, it might skip generations in the royal family and it might still appear outside the nation from time to time.