Regin’s Family Tree

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Family

• Hreidmar(parent),Fafnir(sibling),Otr(sibling)

  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.

Slain by

• Sigurd

  After tasting Fáfnir's blood and gaining the ability to understand birdspeech, Sigurd learned that Regin planned to betray him. He beheaded his sleeping foster-father with Gram.

Created

• Gram

  Regin reforged the shattered fragments of Sigmund's sword into Gram at Sigurd's demand, producing a blade sharp enough to split an anvil.

Associated with

• Fafnir

  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.

• Sigurd

  Regin raised Sigurd as his foster-son and reforged the sword Gram from Sigmund's broken blade. He manipulated Sigurd into slaying his brother Fáfnir so Regin could claim the cursed gold.