Vana'diel Bestiary: Fafnir  

Fafnir in Dragon's Aery

• Spawned by trading a Honey Wine to the ??? at (J-7) Dragon's Aery

• Respawn time on the ??? is one minute after Fafnir is defeated or despawns.

• If continually engaged for sixty minutes after being claimed, Fafnir will "rage", resulting in significantly increased attack power.

• Has a draw-in effect.

• Grants title: Fafnir Slayer

Fafnir Special Attacks

• Absolute Terror: Single target Terror effect.

• Dragon Breath: Frontal cone AoE Fire based magic damage.

• As with all breath attacks, damage is most potent when standing directly in front of Fafnir. Standing on either of its front feet will mitigate most, if not all, damage from Dragon Breath.

• Horrid Roar: Single target Dispel effect.

• Hurricane Wing: AoE magical damage with an additional Blind effect (Circle of effect originates from mob).

• Spike Flail: Massive AoE physical damage (Circle of effect originates from mob).

• Fafnir will only utilize this ability if its primary target is attacking from behind

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, 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 Andvaranauts as well as the swords Hrotti and 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 to pierce the dragon's heart as he was walking towards the stream he used daily to drink.

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