I LOVE GOLD!

"This is MY GOLD, TOUCH IT AND DIE!"

So cries the former dwarf Fafnir as he protects his precious golden hoard.

Once a dwarf, Fafnir's greed fated him to become a dreaded worm (dragon).

For when his father Hreiomarr received a weregild (including the magic gold producing ring Andvari) from the Gods for the wrongful murder of his son Otr, Fafnir's greed was so great he killed his own father to steal this cursed gold.

Banishing his surviving brother Regin, Fafnir gathered his father's treasures and guarded them day and night. 

As Fafnir's greed grew his physical form began to change until he became "Fafnir the Worm." Now he is solely concerned with protecting his blood-soaked golden wealth.

"Gold, one can never have enough gold" is his motto and his curse.

For he loves his gold so much he can never use it. He hordes unlimited wealth, yet as he can never spend it, it really has no more value than the rocks of his cave.

But greed begets greed and Fafnir's brother Regin has his own plans on how to kill Fafnir and gain the gold for himself...but that is a story for another day. (See: World Historyprof: Kill a Dragon--No Problem for that story)

Fafnir is a plastic piece that I painted in February.