Hreidmar's three sons were Ótr, Fáfnir, and Regin. Loki killed Ótr in his otter form, and the cursed wergild gold drove Fáfnir to murder Hreidmar and become a dragon.
Sigurd slew the dragon Fáfnir by hiding in a pit and driving Gram upward into the creature's heart as it crawled overhead. The dying Fáfnir warned that the cursed gold would be Sigurd's doom.
Fáfnir murdered his father Hreidmar in the night to seize Andvari's cursed gold hoard. This patricide was the curse's first deadly work after the gods paid the gold as weregild for Ótr's death.
Fáfnir murdered his father Hreidmar to seize the cursed gold hoard including Andvaranaut. The ring's curse consumed Fáfnir with greed so total that he transformed into a dragon to guard the treasure.
Odin was among the three gods whose killing of Ótr set the cursed gold chain in motion. He later appeared in disguise to advise Sigurd on how to slay Fáfnir by digging drainage pits.
Regin and Fáfnir are brothers, sons of Hreiðmarr. After Fáfnir murdered their father and seized the cursed gold, Regin spent years plotting revenge by raising Sigurd to slay the dragon.
Fáfnir's blood gave Sigurd the ability to understand birdspeech after he tasted it while roasting the dragon's heart. Bathing in the blood made Sigurd's skin invulnerable, save where a linden leaf fell between his shoulders.
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