Nidhogg

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Born in AlexiaSilver’s Lair and purchased for 1.5kg, this little guy is a grandchild of dragon #666, otherwise known as Ignis. The children you see will be his only ones, I do NOT intend to breed him again. He’s gonna be my Plague Rep’s acolyte! Shimmer changed to Safari 04/09/2019.

I named him the anglicised version of the serpent that gnaws at the roots of the World Tree (Yggdrasil) in Norse mythology. Also when I dressed him for some reason Master Of Puppets by Metallica was playing in my brain so I guess that’s his theme now.

So Ye, Contagion can’t let Yggdrasil have nice things without throwing toys (even though Dweller wasn’t intended to be Ygg’s acolyte at all, he just kinda...exists in the woods).

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In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (Malice Striker, traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon/serpent who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible. In the standardized Old Norse orthography, the name is spelled Níðhǫggr, but the letter ǫ is frequently replaced with the Modern Icelandic ö for reasons of familiarity or technical expediency. The name can be represented in English texts with i for í; th, d or (rarely) dh for ð; o for ǫ and optionally without r as in Modern Scandinavian reflexes. The Modern Icelandic form Níðhöggur is also sometimes seen, with special characters or similarly anglicized. The Danish forms Nidhug and Nidhøg can also be encountered; or Norwegian Nidhogg and Swedish Nidhögg. Although not in the game, Nidhogg is shown as a comparison for Alduin, the main antagonist of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, in the sense both feed on the dead and are the symbols of destruction. In Alduin's case he feeds on the souls of the dead in Sovngarde, the afterlife of the natives of Skyrim and is prophecised to bring the end of the world, gaining the title World-Eater which could be a reference to Nidhogg's gnawing at the roots of Yggdrasil.