Fafnir

The dragon of greed from the Sigurd cycle: once a dwarf or dwarf-like being, transformed by cursed treasure and slain by the hero Sigurd.

Fafnir should usually be treated as a unique legendary example, not a species. Other cursed hoard-wyrms can echo him without being him.

In the Völsung tradition, Fáfnir’s greed and the cursed gold transform him into a dragon. His story makes dragons about moral corruption as much as physical danger.

Use Fafnir as mythic background, a named legendary dragon, or a template for any NPC consumed by treasure and fear.

• Norse Creatures

• Fáfnir: https://grokipedia.com/page/Fafnir
• Völsunga saga: https://grokipedia.com/page/V%C3%B6lsunga_saga

DM-only encounter details, stat blocks, and running notes are kept at Fafnir (DM).