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Aria and her first love Fafnir (Side Story)
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When Níðhöggr and her kin roamed the lands with the Gods, their lives
became the stories of the Norse. Although the Norse had many insights
there were many stories that never came to be in their lands so they
were unknown and lost to the people. They knew of the beasts created by
the gods, and the fate of most, but they never knew of Níðhöggr, the
name the Norse also referred to as Aria, and Fáfnir or how they were
connected to one another. They knew of the story of Fafnir and his
creation, even his downfall but not of the love he shared with Aria.
The
story of Fafnir says Fafnir was a dwarf that was known for having a
strong right arm and a brave soul. Fafnir was the son of the dwarf king
Hreidmar, and he had two brothers Otr and Regin. When he was young and
lived in his father’s house he helped by protecting their property as a
guard. The reason why it was Fafnir that was chosen for the job was that
Fafnir was the strongest and most aggressive of the three brothers.
Because of Hreidmar being the king of the dwarves he had a good amount
of wealth and their house was made from gleaming gold and blinking gems.
But over time his greed caused him to transform into a fearsome dragon
who breathed poison into the lands around him to keep others from
seeking his treasure.
Aria
felt a new dragon come into being in an unusual way and this caused her
to seek him out to find what he was. She used her dragon form to get to
his lands and entered them in her human form and succumbed to the
poison he had spread and when Fafnir came across the dragoness, he could
recognize her scent similar to his own and he brought her outside his
lands and helped aid her healing process over the span of a few weeks,
not trusting her to bring her to his home where he hoarded the treasure.
He questioned her when she awoke aggressively about why she was in his
lands and she answered it was because of him. Over the course of a few
weeks as she regained her strength, Fafnir became more comfortable
around her and he even began to believe she had no desire for his gold.
Aria
asked him why he let her live and he answered because he needed to know
if her kin would come for the treasure as well to prepare himself but
when she explained her curiosity, Fafnir knew it was unheard of for a
dragon to come into being through a transformation as he had. He
explained to her what he had done. Aria thought it foolish to transform
into her kind just to protect a hoard and warned Fafnir that it would be
his downfall. Fafnir was arrogant and sure that he would not, having
spent so much time protecting his hoard and brushed off her concern.
Once
Aria was healed she stayed near Fafnir fearing his safety and it was
lucky she had because not too long after she left his lands, someone had
come for him. The poison had no effect on the demigod and he found
Fafnir and his treasure and a battle ensued. Fafnir was brought down on
his dragon form by a net and Aria rushed to his aid, slaying his captor
in her own by reducing him to dust with her Hel fire before he could
steal the treasure. She turned human to remove the net and saw the
injuries Fafnir had been inflicted with and took him to his home while
the poison was affecting her again.
It
was the first time in his life that Fafnir was saved by someone else
and needed aid much less by a woman that seemed to first plant the seeds
of affection within the greed ridden dragon. Aria tended to his wounds
although the poison was in her system, slowly killing her, and to return
her kindness for saving his life, he drew upon her in his blood a
symbol that imprinted onto her dragon form in the same symbol on her
cheeks something that would make her immune to the poison. Fafnir and
Aria became close after this and their affection for one another grew,
although neither spoke of it.
Aria
could have left after Fafnir healed, and Fafnir could have chased her
away but any time talk of her leaving came up, he was reluctant to tell
her to go. Aria did not want to leave his side either, the more she
learned about Fafnir the more she saw more than just greed in his heart.
Fafnir was the first to speak of the love he felt for Aria, over a year
after all the time they spent with one another, and he had never felt
fear before doing so until he waited to hear what Aria had to say about
his proclamation and the time stopped as he waited for her to speak.
Aria expressed her love for him as well and they became mates through a
bond only a Dragon could give that allowed Fafnir to sense where Aria
was and how she felt and the same would be opened to Aria.
Aria
was with Fafnir for six years as his mate, although she bore him no
children, until the day came when Sigurd came and slayed Fafnir for his
hoard. It was the one-time Aria had not been with Fafnir or within
distance to get to him and when he was killed the pain from their bond
made it feel as though her heart was just torn in two. Aria made it to
Fafnir too late and found his body cold as ice on the ground. Aria held
her beloved and wept for hours over him before sending his body away in
flames as was the custom of the Norse. Since that day Aria vowed never
to fall in love again because the pain of her loves death was too
unbearable to withstand and almost killed her and she knew she would not
survive the pain a second time. Aria kept that vow, building walls
around her broken heart, and lived an isolated and lonely life watching
over her kin before the wars on them and going into her slumber for
centuries.
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