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Nidhogg

Nidhogg

Called the "Eater of the Dead", Nidhogg lives among the roots of Yggdrasil. A creature of great power, Nidhogg feeds on the the corpses upon the shores of Nastrond - the unworthy dead who comitted murder and broke oaths.

Name:
Nidhogg
Real name:
Níðhöggr
Aliases:
  • Nidhoggr
  • Tearer of Corpses
  • Evil-Blow
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Berserker Strength
  • Claws
  • Divine Powers
  • Feral
  • Flight
  • Immortal
  • Invulnerability
  • Super Eating
  • Super Strength
  • Unarmed Combat
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Nidhogg is a dragon that lives in Niffleheim. He consumes the souls of those who have fallen in battle.

Marvel Comics

Balder once traveled to Hel and along the way encountered Nidhogg. He then saw what happened to the souls belonging to those he had killed in battle. Nidhogg was also visited by the Lady Sif, while on her journey to learn the location of the cave of Aerndis.

Death

Killed by Queen Sindr of Muspelheim
Killed by Queen Sindr of Muspelheim

During the War of the Realms, Nidhogg attends a council of Niffleheim called by Muspelheim's ruler Queen Sindr as her siege of the Land of the Dead begins. Sindr invites Nidhogg, the Disir and the Draugr to join her and bend the knee to their new Queen. Nidhogg refuses and engages in combat with Sindr, however he is slaughtered by a blade of Muspelheim as the first major casuality of the Siege of Niffleheim.

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