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Hraesvelgr was initially hesitant but after some further negotiation, Hraesvelgr eventually agreed and gave Niddhog his right eye, allowing the Black Wyrm to regain a portion of his strength.

He pleaded for his brother surrender one of his eyes to him. Blinded and severely weakened, Niddhog retreated to the Palace of Zenith where Hraesvelgr resided. Nidhogg, shocked and infuriated by mankind's betrayal declared an all out war against Ishgard.ĭuring the initial battle, Nidhogg slew King Thordan and four of his Knights, but the king's son Haldrath was able to avenge his father's death by gouging Niddhog's eyes out. Tempted by this power, King Thordan I and his Twelve Knights lured the Great Wyrm Ratatoskr into a trap, where they proceeded to brutally murder her and gouge out her eyes, gaining increadible power upon eating the eyes. Thousands of years later, the Ishgardian nobles where told of the great unimaginable powers that dragons possesses thru their eyes by the Acsians. That is until a woman named saint Shiva fell in love with the Great Wyrm Hraesvelgr, their love encouraged both sides to cease their fighting, and thus man and dragon coexisted in harmony with the elezen forming the kingdom of Ishgard. The dragons saw this migration as an act of trespassing and so a war was waged between the two races. Many more dragons where captured, tortured, and experimented on, which kickstarted Nidhogg's hatred and mistrust towards humans, which lasted forever even after the Allagan Empire fell.Ĭenturies later, a race of humans known as the Elezen, migrated to Dravania in search of a new home. In the conflict, one of the great wyrms Bahamut was killed in battle and revived as a mindless Primal, while another great wyrm Tiamat was captured and imprisoned by Allagans in their flying fortress Azys Lla. But these great wyrms soon came into conflict with the Allagan Empire, thousands of years later. these ancient dragons then spread across the planet colonizing whatever land they found preferable and using that land to propagate their kind even further. Nidhogg was one of seven Great Wyrms referred to as the First Brood born from Midgardsomor after he arrived to Hydaelyn millenia ago.

His unending rage let's him to believe that his vengeance is eternal, and he view's any form of challenge with sheer utter contempt to the point of being unwilling to accept any form of loss and defeat. He is even willing to kill members of his own race if they wish end the war thru peace, which he refers to as 'traitors'. His hatred toward humanity was so great that he is unwilling to listen to reason, even from his fellow brood siblings. However when humanity betrayed his trust by murdering Ratatoskr, whom he deeply loved and cherished, Niddhog went mad with grief and vengeance. However, he was able to tolerate humanity's presence thanks to his brother Hraesvelgr and his love for the human Saint Shiva.

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And when fully enraged his skin glows fiery yellow.Įven before the Dragonsong War, Niddhog was still extremely distrustful of humans, due to the Allagan Empire's cruel atrocities towards his kind, especially with the death of his fellow brood sibling Bahamut.

furthermore, As Estinien he posses crimson dragoon armor with his two eyes molded into Estinien's flesh, but he can return to dragon form if he so wishes. His true eyes are red with a dark aura, which he regains after possessing Estinien. Initially he has only one yellow eye, but it's soon revealed that the yellow eye actually belonged to his brother Hraesvelgr. Niddhog is portrayed as a large black dragon with a long and slender body, large leathery wings, a row spinal plates that point forward, forward facing horns on his face, and a maw of sharp jagged teeth.