''Fafnir's Bane'' is a loose retelling of TheSagaOfTheVolsungs. In the mountains of northwestern Iceland, Sigurd Sigmundarson, a 14-year-old human boy, has lived in a hut with his mysterious dwarven guardian Regin, who works as a blacksmith/farrier and came from the ancient kingdom of Nidavellir (in Mt. Hekla), ever since he was orphaned as a baby. Sigurd is convinced to kill the evil dragon Fafnir in order that his foster father can reclaim the wergild his father was promised for the death of his relatives. When he meets the imprisoned Brynhildur

'''This work contains examples of the following tropes'''
* AbusiveParents:
** [[spoiler: Signy, Sigurd's aunt and Sigmund's twin sister]].
** Regin once slapped Sigurd across the face.
* ApocalypseHow: Class II
* ActionGirl: Brynhildur (Hildur) Also, Gudrun, who trained as a Valkyrie briefly.
* AfterTheEnd: Set some time after TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
* AmazonianBeauty: Hildur, who's a Valkyrie.
* ArtificialHuman: Hildur, as she is a Valkyrie by birth [[spoiler: she is a biorobot created through assembling artificial genomes based on natural ones through synthetic biology and magic, arranging them into chromosomes, growing them into cells, then implanting them in the wombs of surrogate mothers]].
* BestHerToBedHer
* BlackVikings: Sigurd is Black as was his mother Hjordis.
* BrainUploading: Into Yggdrasil. Also, the Einherjar (special mercenaries named after the original undead warriors) are created this way, by first being brought to Valhalla dead, their souls saved as data which is uploaded into Yggdrasil and then into new immortal cloned bodies created through synthetic biology.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Poor [[spoiler: Hildur.]]
* ChildProdigy: Sigurd
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Fafnir
* DaysOfFuturePast
* DeathByChildbirth: TheHero's mother, Hjordis
* {{Demythification}}: The Valkyries are a combination of combat medical unit who make use of genetic modification and complicated treatments to keep eternal youth.
* DisappearedDad: Sigurd's biological father was killed in war by a jealous rival. Hildur's birth father Budli is dead.
* DividedStatesOfAmerica: Vinland is the Northern/Midwestern region of the
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. The valkyrie/shieldmaiden Brunilda can cook extremely well despite being a bit more masculine.
* FeudalFuture: In some countries
* FosterKid: Sigurd
* GirlOfMyDreams: Sigurd dreams about Hildur three times.
* HappilyAdopted: Sigurd with Regin. Also, Hildur with Heimir and Runa.
* [[HomeschooledKids Homeschooled Kid]]: Sigurd
* InterspeciesAdoption: Regin (Dwarf) and Sigurd (human).
* KarmicTransformation: Fafnir
* TheMagicComesBack
* MagicalDatabase: Yggdrasil.
* {{Magitek}}
* MeaningfulName: Regin means "Counsel-Giver." Sigurdrifa (Brynhildur's Valkyrie nickname) means "victory-bringer". Sigurd's mother's name was Hjordis, meaning "sword-spirit." [[spoiler: she was a Valkyrie by status, and possibly also by birth]]. Sigurd's birth clan name is ''Volsung''. His brother Sinfjotli and ArchEnemy Lyngvi can transform into a wolf and a dog respectively (Hunding comes from ''hund'', which means dog.)
* MegaCorp: Draupnir Corporation, which is implied to answer to ''Odin himself''.
* MissingMom: Hjordis is dead.
* OneOfTheBoys: Hildur
* OrganicTechnology: Yggdrasil.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: The shards of the sword Gram.
* {{Psychopomps}}: The Valkyries.
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:Hnikar]] is [[spoiler: Odin]].
* RecycledInSpace: ''The Saga Of The Volsungs'' [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: IN THE FUTURE WITH MAGITEK! ]]

* ReforgedBlade
* SchizoTech
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Hildur can shapeshift. So can [[spoiler: Sigurd's cousin-brother Sinfjotli]]
* StageMom: [[spoiler: Gudrun's]] mother, Grimhild, an aging Valkyrie/nightclub singer
* SteamPunk
* SuperSoldier: Orcs, Draugar and Einherjar.
* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Averted. Everyone is a mix of skin colours and features.
* TomboyandGirlyGirl: Hildur (tomboy) and Gudrun (girly girl)
* TwiceToldTale
* UltimateBlacksmith: Regin
* UnusualEuphemism: "Shieldmaiden" for "Valkyrie".
* UsedFuture: Scrap metal is recycled to build practically anything
* {{Valkyries}}
* WorldTree
* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord
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