Lancer: Ahren Durchdenwald

(This one is going to be weird to write, in Nibelungenlied the germanic version has Siegfried, and in the Norse rendition there is Sigurd. I am going to do both versions, but with the addition of Ahren. And in each one, Ahren gets the main girl, but with Siegfried, he is actually going to get Brunnhilde. And in Siegfried's version Hagen is angry at Siegfried for getting Brunnhilde, and searches for Siegfried's weakness. Eventually getting it, and decided to kill two birds with one stone. And with Sigurd's version, Sigurd actually kills Ahren. Making Brynhildr go crazy and kill Sigurd along with his family, and it ends the same as it would happen in Sigurd's version. Killing herself to be with her love in death.)

(Siegfried Version)

We don't know what exact time period that Ahren legend is placed in, but we do know that it is likely in the 5th century. His wife Kriemhild and Siegfried's Wife Brunnhilde, decided to ask help from Atilla the Hun and Horatius Ectorius. With their help, they defeated Hagen and finished with their revenge. Nibelungenlied states that only Kriemhild decided to get revenge and with that story, only Kriemhild got to the throne of Heroes as a Berserker.

It was said that Ahren was a childhood friend of Siegfried, both going on adventures with each other. Their most notable one was the slaying of Fafnir. It was said that Siegfried asked Ahren to come along with him to slay Fafnir for the treasure of the Nibelungen Family. They succeded in killing him, it was told that they both bathed in the blood of the dragon and shared its heart with each other. Ahren went the extra mile and made a suit out of Fafnir scales. It was after this that Ahren heard the tales of the beautiful Kriemhild, Siegfried hearing that Ahren is actually into someone decided to come along with him to help him win her love. (Siegfried best wingman)

joining the Burgundians, Ahren and Siegfried bought them many victories. And were both given a chance to marry Kriemhild, but she had to choose. It was obvious that she choose Ahren since they were close after the many times they talk to each other. Siegfried stated that he was fine with the choice since he saw Ahren as a brother and Kriemheild as a sister. It was after a while that the Burgundian king asked them for help, he loved an Iceland queen known as Brunnhilde. He requested that both Siegfried and Ahren help him get her love. Decided that it would be settled by having Siegfried embrace the woman as Hagen's proxy.

Hagen almost got to marry the Iceland king, until it was found out that Siegfried and Brunnhilde were loving each other behind Hagen's back. Hagen furious with Siegfried tricky ordered his men to execute Ahren who was at the castle at the time. It was said that Hagen wanted to get back at Siegfried by killing the only person he saw as his Brother. Ahren was warned by the soldiers that were ordered to kill him to escape since they didn't want to kill someone they looked up to. So Ahren was able to escape along with Kriemhild. Hagen spent weeks searching for a way to kill Ahren along with Siegfried, and after consulting witches and finding different herbs found a way to kill them. This ploy comes into play during an adventure Siegfried and Ahren were going on, it was after they finished bathing and were putting on clothes they were struck by an arrow in their weak spot.

They were found hours later, along with the Archers as they decided to man up with what they did. The guilt was too much for them. Brunnhilde and Kriemhild were furious with what happened with Ahren and Siegfried and went on a revenge-filled quest that lasted twenty years until they decided to get the help of Atilla the Hun and Horatius Ectorius. They finally got their revenge when they killed Hagen.

This was the end of Ahren Durchdenwald and Siegfried the Traveling Knight

(Sigurd version)

Ahren was the brother of Sigurd, and the son of Hjordis and King Sigmund. They were sent to a dwarf named Reign to be raised by him, after their father's death against Odin. Since king Alf, who married their mother after their father's death didn't want them there. They both revied gram, reforging into a better weapon than Sigurd said was able to kill a dragon. Ahren decided to give gram to Sigurd, saying that he rather preferred the lance that was given to him by Reign. They both became friends with Grani and Granhi, both descendants of Sleipnir. They avenged their father by killing the armies that joined King Hunding. They both became Dragon slayers after defeating Fanfnir unabated together. They both soon gained the wisdom of gods and power after sharing Fafnir's heart together. Sigurd slew Reign, who was their foster father who tried to take Fafnir's hoard, Ahren hated what Sigurd did but knew that Reign was not allowed to have Fafnir's hoard.

Later in their life, they came upon Mt. Hindarfjall, it was an inhuman devil cave. Sigurd hesitated to go in saying this was a bad idea, Ahren ignored him and bravely rode through the flames. He eventually came across Brynhildr. He cut her off her armor with his lance, from doing that Brynhildr awakened. She questioned why he was doing this, Ahren heard about this Prophecy from his uncle. In that when both of them meet, ruin would await each other. What Ahren didn't know is what else was said in this prophecy, that the one who would bring ruin was not from each other. But from someone close to them. Ahren replied to her saying that it had to be done and that he didn't care about the prophecy, unfortunately with Ahren, he fell in love with her on first sight and vice versa. Ahren then proposed to Brynhildr to which she accepted.

During their time together, Brynhildr taught Ahren the Orginal Runes that Odin taught her. They spent months together, it was until Sigurd had enough with Ahren. Decided that Ahren tricked him and that Brynhildr belonged to him and invited them to a family dinner, Sigurd and Ahren's family planned this along with Sigurd. Believed that Sigurd was the one that should be married to Brynhildr and that Ahren should rot in hell since Sigurd tricked their family into thinking that Ahren killed Reign their foster father.

Ahren was relaxed with his family, and so the plan went along without a hitch. Sigurd went and got as many poisons as he could, some that could kill even Demi gods and dragons. He mixed them together creating a drink that would make even Semiramis the Queen of Assyria jealous. Ahren accepted the drink without and thoughts and chugged the whole thing down in one go. It didn't take long for the effects to show, Ahren started to pale and sweat heavily. It got to the point where Ahren laid his head on Brynhildr's shoulder, which made her think that everything was okay. It was until the point where Ahren started gasping for air that Bryhildr noticed something was wrong. Brynhildr tried everything to see what was wrong, even using runes to try to stop what was happening. But it was too late, the poison was already eating away at Ahren. All she could do was watch Ahren wither away in her arms. His final words were to her. "I...love...you"

She was horrified with what happened, she lifted her head up to Sigurd and the rest of his family about why they didn't help. The smiles on their faces confirmed everything to her, Sigurd even dared to say this "Hey, Brynhildr since Ahren died...What do you think about becoming my wife." It was this sentence that broke her. She slaughtered everyone there with a wave of her hand, Sigurd's face was full of shock in his final moment. Soldiers arrived soon after wondering what all the yelling was about, and they found Brynhildr covered in blood. Ahren lay in her arms, the soldiers quickly attacked her, but they too were defeated with a wave of her hands. She took Ahren to where they lived, a little cottage by the cliff. It was there that she killed herself while holding the body of Ahren in her hands, the cottage burnt down around her as she held Ahren in her arms.

Thus this was the end of Sigurd and Ahren's legend.

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[Initialized]

[Class: Lancer]

[Parameters]

[Strength: A+] [Raised from B+++ to A+ by Body of a Dragon]

[Agility: A+++]

[Endurance: A++] [Raised from B++ to A++ by Body of a Dragon]

[Mana: B+]

[Luck: C]

[NP: A+]

[Skills]

[Orginal Runes EX]

[Taught to Ahren by Brynhildr during their honeymoon.]

[Knowledge of Gods EX ]

[After eating Fafnir's heart in Sigurd's story, Sigurd and Ahern were given Knowledge that only gods are given.]

[Body of a Dragon A+]

[During Siegfried's legend, Ahren bathes in the blood of a dragon and Ahren also used Fafnir scales as armor managing to cover his whole body with it. When summoned as a Heroic Spirit the armor is Fused with his flesh but is able to disconnect it and de-summoned it.]

[Noble Phantasm]

[Granhi A]

[Granhi is Ahren's personal horse, it is a descendant of Sleipnir Odin's own personal horse.]

[Wyvlaz A]

[Wyvlaz is Ahren's personal Spear, its chant is this "Fall before my spear, WYVLAZ!"]

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[Goodbye]

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Hey, Teaka here, damn two chapters in one day. this one is a bit easier than the others since I kinda had to go off wiki since there is a Germanic and Norse rendition of the legend. Anyways hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.

Peace <3