Siggeir married Signý, daughter of Völsung, at a feast where Odin thrust a sword into the tree Barnstokkr. The marriage was against Signý's will and led to Siggeir's treacherous attack on the Völsung clan.
Siggeir treacherously killed Völsung and bound his sons to die in the forest. Sigmund alone survived and spent years in hiding planning vengeance, ultimately burning Siggeir alive in his hall.
Signý endured years of captive marriage to Siggeir, the man who slaughtered her father Völsung and bound her brothers to die in the wilderness, nursing her hatred in silence while she shaped the instrument of his destruction.
Sinfjötli was conceived and raised for the sole purpose of destroying Siggeir. After years of training in the wilderness, Sinfjötli and Sigmund infiltrated and burned Siggeir's hall in vengeance for the Völsung massacre.
Sigmund and Sinfjötli burned King Siggeir alive in his hall to avenge the slaughter of the Völsung dynasty, as told in the Völsunga saga.
Siggeir ambushed and slew King Völsung and captured his ten sons after inviting them to Gautland. Only Sigmund survived, rescued by Signý, as told in the Völsunga saga.
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