Siggeir

In the Völsunga saga tradition, Siggeir marries Signy, daughter of King Völsung, after a public episode in which Odin (in disguise) places a sword in the Barnstock and only Sigmund is able to draw it. Siggeir is offended that only Sigmund drew the sword and nurses a thought of revenge. Three months after the wedding he invites Völsung, Sigmund, and Sigmund's brothers to Gautland under the pretext of visiting the newlyweds; when they arrive he has them attacked, kills King Völsung, and takes the sons captive. He confines them in stocks and subjects them to prolonged torment in the hall; a she-wolf is said in some accounts to devour one captive each night until only Sigmund remains. Signy conspires from within the marriage to produce an heir, Sinfjotli, who later aids Sigmund in avenging Völsung by killing Siggeir (in some retellings Siggeir is burned in his hall).

The source materials in the provided packet do not supply a detailed physical description of Siggeir. The saga records reactions to him — for example that the Völsungs 'liked it not' when they looked on his face and Signy calls him 'evil of heart and false of word' — but do not specify concrete physical traits such as height, hair, clothing, or scars.

Siggeir is presented as a politically and militarily capable human king: he commands a kingdom and raises armed forces. His notable behaviors are strategic hospitality used as a trap (inviting guests then attacking them), calculated cruelty (imprisoning the captured Völsungs in stocks and subjecting them to prolonged torment), and plotting long-term revenge born of wounded pride. He benefits from and may be associated with a she-wolf that kills the captives nightly in some versions, but the sources treat Siggeir himself as a human political actor rather than a supernatural being.