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Níðhöggr (Malice Striker)

I have arrived in Tomsk and made contact with my great uncle Ivan. He is a retired Grimm, which is to say he only kills wesen that attack him first. He has called me to Tomsk to deal with a creature that many believe to be mythical.



The wesen is called Níðhöggr after the dragon from Norse mythology.

Ivan told me everything he knew about the wesen, but unfortunately all the stories about them are considered only rumors, as none have ever been verified.

The scales of the Níðhöggr are uncuttable, impenetrable, acid proof, burn proof, etc., your basic invulnerability package. They have very sharp claws and teeth. They have no fire breath, but instead have a pair of long, thin wings. They don’t use the wings to fly though, instead using them to propel themselves forward when they move. This allows them to jump very high and to lunge forward at inhuman speeds. They attack without mercy and with great ferocity.

Níðhöggr are violent sadists that enjoy killing criminals. They also like eating the corpses of the worst criminals they kill, considered by the Norse to be murderers, adulterers, and oath breakers. They never eat thieves or lesser criminals that they kill, considering them to not be worthy of consuming.

Their connection to Ragnarok in Norse mythology has led many wesen to associate them with the apocalypse, and there are those who still believe that the appearance of one is a sign of the end times.

There is no confirmed way to kill a Níðhöggr, but most stories seem to indicate that a magic weapon is needed to slay one. A few more modern stories claim that an obscene amount of explosives can also be used. Ivan has a contact who is giving me explosives, but should that fail I have a secret weapon. During my recent travels I acquired a blade that is supposedly Gram, the weapon of Sigurd, who slayed the “dragon” Fafnir.



I found the creature’s lair and rigged up the explosives with a tripwire. I then retreated to a safe distance in order to wait for the creature to come out. When it finally emerged, the explosives detonated as planned, but after three days of searching I have yet to find the Níðhöggr’s corpse. Whether or not it still lives, I am sure I will not be seeing it again.