Hreidmar was father to Fafnir, Regin, and Ótr. After Loki killed Ótr in otter form and paid weregild with Andvari's cursed gold, Fafnir murdered Hreidmar for the treasure and drove Regin away, transforming into a dragon to guard the hoard alone.
Fafnir drove Regin away after murdering their father and claiming the cursed gold. Regin nursed his hatred for years, forging the sword Gram and raising Sigurd as a weapon against his brother, orchestrating the dragon's death from behind.
Sigurd slew the dragon Fafnir on Gnita-heath by digging a pit in the path Fafnir used to drink and thrusting the sword Gram upward into the dragon's belly as it crawled overhead. The dying Fafnir warned Sigurd that the treasure was cursed and would bring his death.
Fafnir murdered his father Hreidmar to seize Andvari's cursed gold, which had been paid as weregild for the death of his brother Ótr. This act of patricide was the curse's first working, transforming Fafnir from a dwarf into a figure consumed by greed.
Fafnir murdered his father Hreidmar to seize the Nibelungenhort and transformed into a dragon to guard the cursed treasure on Gnita-heath, where Sigurd eventually slew him and claimed the hoard.
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