Vana'diel Bestiary: Fafnir (Nyzul)  

Fafnir in Nyzul Isle

• Fafnir can appear as the boss Notorious Monster for floor 20 and 40 in Nyzul Isle

• Adamantoise and Behemoth are capable of appearing in place of Fafnir as the boss Notorious Monster for floors 20 and 40.

• Has lower attack, defense, and HP than the Fafnir that appears in Dragon's Aery

Fafnir Special Attacks

• Absolute Terror: Single target Terror effect. Target is unable to perform any action until effect wears off.

• Dragon Breath: Frontal cone AoE Fire based magic damage. Damage is the strongest on anyone directly in front of Fafnir.

• Horrid Roar: Single target Dispel effect. (can dispel food)

• Hurricane Wing: AoE magical damage with additional Blind effect.

• Spike Flail: Massive AoE physical damage. Absorbed by three shadows. Will only occur when a character has drawn hate from behind it.

Historical Information

Fafnir (in Norse mythology) was the son of the dwarf king Hriedmar, and the brother of Regin and Otr. Armed with the Aegis helmet, or Aegishjalmr (see FFXI Item: Aegishjalmr), Fafnir served as a guard for his father's golden house. As penance for killing Otr, the trickster god Loki gave Hriedmar the cursed treasure of Andvari, which included the cursed ring Andvaranaut (see Andvaranauts) as well as the swords Hrotti (see Hrotti) and Ridill (see Ridill).

Fafnir and Regin, in wanting the treasures for themselves, killed their father, only for Fafnir to take all the treasure for himself. Upon doing so, he was transformed into a dragon (a symbol of greed in European mythology) and hid away with it. Regin, wanting the treasure for himself, tricked his foster son Sigurd (in some stories, named Siegfried) into killing Fafnir for him, using the sword Balmung (see Balmung) to pierce the dragon's heart as he was walking towards the stream he used daily to drink.

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