Fafnir (Marvel)
Fafnir is a comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Fafnir was once
After the two travellers departed, Regin was in favor of hunting them and all Asgardians down, but Hriedmar tried to appease him, before Fafnir was driven by the curse to stab them both, for him to keep the gold for himself. Hriedmar was killed, and Regin buried him, oathing the death of Fafnir and all Asgardians. Fafnir escaped with the gold and hid himself in a cave. Starving, he began to drunk of curse-magic to survive, and eventually transformed into a dragon, his outsides matching with his insides. Meanwhile, Regin crafted a powerful sword, Gram, in his need of vengeance towards his brother and all Asgardians. Eventually, he came across Sigurd, and had him slay his brother in exchange for the sword and the dragon-gold. Fafnir's heart was taken by Sigurd to be eaten, Regin having told him that eating a dragon's heart rendered impervious to death except by magic. The gold was left to be there, as no one would attempt to steal from Sigurd. Fafnir's blood formed a pool that could pass the curse and power of the dragon onto another. (Loki: Agent of Asgard v1 #3)
Later on, the King of Nastrond rose to power in the extradimensional realm on the continent of Asgard. Long ago, it was said that their land was a place where an evil people dwelt whose actions dared defy the Asgardian All-Father Odin himself. Such was his mighty wrath that he came to destroy the entire countryside and insured that nothing could live there anymore. The injured King was liked to die in his ruined kingdom but came to find a radiant pool whose magical properties came to transform him into a being that could survive in the deadly wastelands of Nastrond. (Thor v1 #134) For countless centuries, he waited in this barren land as he waited for the kin of Odin to become his victims. (Thor v1 #135)
When Volstagg's comrades arrived at the scene, Fafnir struck from below in order to claim the life of Thor Odinson leading to a battle with the thunder god. (Thor v1 #135)
Fafnir reappears when Thor's stepbrother and perennial foe Loki sends the dragon to Earth to kill the Thunder God. Loki freed and assisted Fafnir against Thor but both were held at bay by the combined might of Mjolnir and the magical Nornstones until the intervention of Odin. Thor, however, uses his mystical hammer Mjolnir to hold Fafnir at bay until Odin intervenes and banishes the former king back to the ruins of Nastrond. (Thor v1 #318)
He came to find himself trapped within a nightmare realm created by Hela who had acquired the Twilight Sword and was merging the worlds into her domain. (Avengers Prime v1 #5) Whilst there, he came to be the leader of a band of ogres who brought him a mortal named Tony Stark. At first, Fafnir had no need for the human until he found it that he was a friend of Thor at which point the dragon intended to exact his revenge against the Odinson's friend. Stark managed to escape and was saved by the intervention of Captain America leading to Fafnir's defeat. (Avengers Prime v1 #3) He then returned to see that Thor had come to his allies side and wanted to enact his vengeance against the Asgardian. (Avengers Prime v1 #4) However, he was convinced to lend his aid in stopping the goddess Hela from destroying the realms. (Avengers Prime v1 #5)
Overview
Personality and attributes
It was said that he was the most heartless of all to wear the crown of Nastrond. (Thor v1 #135)
After the destruction of his kingdom, he vowed revenge against Odin and bided his time in order to gather his strength as well as power to claim vengeance against the sons of Asgard. (Thor v1 #134) (
Powers and abilities
Originally, Fafnir was an Asgardian man until he was transformed by exposure to the waters of a magical pool. This changed him into a giant dragonic figure of great power capable of surviving dangerous lands. (Thor v1 #134) The strange alchemy of the water had given him an impregnable body with strength that defied belief allowing him to overpower Asgardian gods. Among his powers was the ability to breath out flames allowing him to create walls of fire to kill his foes with even gods vulnerable to it. (Thor v1 #135)
Notes
- Fafnir was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Thor v1 #134 (November, 1966).
- The character was based on Fafnir of Norse Myth.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Avengers Assemble, Fafnir appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "A Friend in Need". He was shown to be incarcerated in the Asgardian prison. Thor mentioned to Vision that Fafnir once captured Volstagg before Thor defeated him.
Appearances
- Thor v1: (1966)
- Avengers Prime v1:
- Loki: Agent of Asgard v1:
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