Fafnir

Concept art for Fafnir

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> "*This is my personal air ride, Fafnir. He’s very gentle to humans but nasty against other robots. Grade 5 Titanium and Kelvar. Carbon Fiber armour. My very own Towering Inferno buddy. Throw an aluminum pole, he’ll come back with a street pole instead. Such a good boy.*"
> — Dante to Miata, *The World Ends with You ~ Infernolab.*
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**Fafnir** *(ファフニール Fafunīru)* lit. **Hellblade Dragonis** is a lifesized mechanical dragon built by Dante Ryuzaki. It is first seen in *Dragoma: Exivus* and *Dragoma Dimensions*, where it is usable as a flying mount and later on in *The World Ends with You ~ Infernolab*. The mechanical dragon is later seen with Renoa's dragon, Kiranaga in *Dante's Return ~ Dragoma Inferno*.

## Profile

Inspired by the Draguz, Ryuzaki gathers metal from all sources he could find: various local machine shops, surplus stores, around his 2 bedroom apartment, and even the titanium recycling dumpster at UYSZ. Dante expertly crafts Fafnir, a life size mechanical dragon out of Grade 5 Titanium, with additional carbon fiber plates fabricated by DC Waterjet. All of his classmates in the ME department, his family, and other friends marvel in awe at how large the dragon was, his professor puzzled at how it was easily going to transport students around Zenin. Dante briefly explains that dragons of steel are like planes and helicopters with the exception of safety. He even adds a warning label in Japanese that reads "Caution! Don't make me mad on a flaming spree!"

Fafnir is currently in storage at SEIRYU CNC Adachi where Dante maintains his on board electronics and exterior armor. He even made a test video of what Fafnir is capable for battle based on his weapons. His titanium jaws can crush anything including several test items such as a printer, a CRT TV, a large pumpkin, wooden furniture, and a large metal file cabinet. His shoulder padded plasma harpoons struck through plywood and metal target sheets. The tri hook saws on his neck proved an easy fruit smoothie to Ryuzaki's delight. Lastly, the three pointed tail demonstrated a thrust and pierce against old wall boards.

### *Dragoma Exivus*

Fafnir is usable as a method of transportation second to the Horizon ONE for Rex, Sephiran, and the Draken XPLRs. The dragon first crashes to the grounds of the Nagashiri Forest, helpless with it's damaged wings. Rex and his party must lead the lost Infernolab bot to his owner, Dante, trapped in the Yakuwara's famed Temple. The dragon is unlockable once the player has met Dante at the UYSZ machine shop hangar and acquiring a Fire Fang around the CNC rooms. It can be used as mount to travel across landmarks in each location namely the ones where the 8 Dread Ragnavtars reside in. The dragon is extremely vulnerable during aerial combat against sky based enemies. Fafnir can be dismounted at anytime. Once the player crashes Fafnir to the ground, a new one respawns in UYSZ's ME hangar.

When stationary on land, Fafnir folds his 6 wings into one, tucking them in the slots of the side of his body while crouching to the ground to show his current statis mode. During aerial mode, Fafnir runs on 4 BattlePack NICAD batteries that last up to 15 hours of flight time. A recharge station is available in Zenin, Dragard, Junon, Skyvegar, and Varðiverǫld.

While present in some scenes around the story of the Exivus arc, Fafnir appears in a major cutscene that depict the group's travel to Isenfier. The defense mechanisms trigger close from Meteor Mountain, unleashing a wave of lunar green lasers speeding towards the dragon. Dante, piloting Fafnir expertly, successfully evades the projectiles until a stray beam collides against the dragon's right wing. Unleashing a dying roar, this ends Ryuzaki's innovative creation. Smoke trails and blazing fire alight the mechanical skeleton alive. Dante alerts the rest of his friends to jump off into nothingness. Rex recapitulates, remarking Ryuzaki is crazy and he needed to go back to the academy for tweaking his brain. The group emergency leaps away from the remnants of Fafnir showering across Isenfier. They land in the upgraded Horizon ONE Alpha, where Rex leads the group through Meteor Mountain's dangerous trenches riddled with Ragnavatars and other deities.

Months later after the Isenfier war, Dante ritually attends robotic combat events to fundraise Fafnir with his team with over 20 sponsors total. He even reuses composite materials from various machine shops to craft the dragon again, upgraded with a better activation chip (BARDIS 5.0) and an all new siphon bi wave pad for wireless re activation. A smaller version of Fafnir has been donated to an NTMA machine shop in the Shojuka district to inspire students in the ME department.

### *The World Ends with You ~ Infernolab*

Fafnir plays several minor roles across both the movie and the graphic novel where he is seen rescuing Dante from the nightclub, fleeing away from several Re:Genesis helis. Though grappled, Fafnir has the strength to lure the helis crashing against a water tower. Damaged from projectiles, the robotic dragon lands unaware in the grounds of a Solid Waste plant, trapped under a heavy duty net. After a quick escape from the rest of team Infernolab, Fafnir is then fixed for another flight across Zenin during "Dies Infernum". Heavily damaged against Ameratsu, the dragon mechanically dies down, leaving Dante and the rest of his friends to deal with their enemies. Fafnir is later rebuilt and upgraded, still retaining the same CPU and other mechanical parts.

### *Rise Above the Storm ~ Infernolab*

After Fafnir's destruction against Ameratsu during Dies Infernum, the dragon is temporarily stored in UYSZ's ME hangar where Dante decides to replace him with Kiranaga. During the course of searching for the rings, Dante is notified by his professor where he volunteers to rebuild Fafnir for preparation of Dies Infernum 3.0.

### *Dragoma Inferno (anime)*

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> "*I found this dragon scattered across the forest. He must have been badly hurt from Kurosumera. Luckily I found its spare blueprint and re-built him myself. My dragon really loves me.*"
> — Jason to Dante after Fafnir is rebuilt.
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Fafnir appears as one of the team's aerial mounts across Zenin next to Kiranaga and Nekoferno. After an attack against various Kijimuna, Fafnir later gets heavily damaged against the Yamata no Orochi. With one of the villagers noticing the damaged dragon, he begins to mistake it for Kurosumera and discards Fafnir's dragon parts scattered across the forest. With Dante and the Infernolab worried over the dragon, they go forth to save Mizuchi from Futakuchi-onna. The Shadow Fox later discovers Fafnir in Okinawa's remote forests and decides to re build him exactly as Dante's blueprint showed. After Mizuchi's rescue, the team notice glowing red eyes piercing through the darkness. Jason walks out of the shadows with Fafnir trailing behind him. Bardis' warm smirk causes Dante to overwhelm in joy.

### *Attack on Zenin*

Fafnir appears in the *Attack on Titan* crossover manga where it aids both the Infernolab and the Royal Dragon Order to slay Ragnavatar Titans across Zenin.

### *Dragoma Dimensions*

Fafnir reprises in *Dragoma Dimensions* where he is once again used as an aerial mount to explore certain locations across Astralius and wipe out enemies in the sky. The robotic dragon serves as one of the main icons of transportation as well as a secondary ally to any skating group. Fafnir can be found with Dante at the Dragon's Gate in Shinrya.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Harpoon Rays** - Fafnir's scuba spear guns are locked and loaded with plasma lasers that instantly take down any aerial enemies the skies.
* **Trihook roar** - Fafnir emits an ear piercing screech that can confuse most enemies.
* **Inferno launch** - While in flight, Fafnir rolls forward in the sky like a blazing star, launching Nekoferno towards her enemies.

## Appearance

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> "*Sponsored 20 companies and funded 7.3 million yens for construction of Fafnir, a unique dragon robot constructed out of composite materials and complex internal on board electronics. Designed, built, and showcased through many university lectures and tradeshows. Awarded for best robotic design.*"
> — Resume description.
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Fafnir is a fierce quad legged robotic dragon with determination to break pride and vengeance from other enemies. Steel grade S7 horns painted red and yellow express it's majestic look, ruby red LED diode eyes capable of spotting distant enemies. It's upper and lower jaws are flanked with gear shaped teeth, followed by yellow screws bolted to the shafts. Jet black carbon fiber plates of armour gleam in pristine, an array of orange topknots centering it's mechanical spine. Shoulders padded with red SystiMatic tri hook saws, it's 6 massive jet black wings score a gradient orange and yellow bioluminescent flexible Kevlar in the inner area, followed by orange spikes bolting the wing thumbs. An addition of two modular plasma spear guns can easily take out aerial enemies at ease. It's claws are huge enough to grip any enemy at bay. It's hindlegs possess orange Kevlar and carbon fiber, a specialty in Fafnir. The snake like tail continues with it's iconic plates of armour before it ends with it's isosceles, a ruby red trident. Centering Fafnir's chest is a lunar blue core which holds the Bardis CPU chip.

A Master Switch is located on the control panel of Fafnir's neck, where a 'Mobility Master Switch' mechanically and directly shuts off electric power to the drive system. A separate “Weapons Master Switch” that mechanically and directly shuts off all electric power to any weapon and/or Flame system. An insertable/removable jumper plug is an approved (and preferred) alternative to either type of Master Switch. All switches have to be operated within the Activation/Deactivation time limit.

He is close to 50 tons in weight, but can still easily fly with passengers on his back. In *Dragoma Inferno*, while dormant, he takes the form of a carbon fiber suitcase for easy transport.

## Mechanical Specifications

Fafnir Mechanical Specifications
(Zenin Yens)
318,771.77 VD
(Vadanian Dollars)
Grade 5 Titanium
BARDIS 5.0 (rebuilt)

### *Modular weapons*

* Red tri hook shoulder saws (7075 Aluminum)
* Hammer shaped horns (S7 Titanium grade)
* Plasma Spear guns
* Trident Tail (7075 Aluminum)
* Makita chainsaw

### *Technical Specs*

* BARDIS 3.0 / 5.0 (CPU chipset)
* Ragebridge V1 dual channel ESC
* Pinball LED sensors
* 4 Hawker NICAD battery pack (PN-1900SCR 36V)
* 2 Sanyo spares by Battle Pack (36V 3000 mAh)
* Vantec RDFR23 Speed Controller
* Futuba RCX (Radio Control Transmitter)
* Vantec RCX (Radio Control Transmitter)

### *Sponsors*

Battle PackVantecADGRAFIXMachine Arts LLC.ThinGap MotorsPTC ZeninSpecialty Tools ShojukaAxis RecordsLeostar AvionicsOCTA RegulusAKIRA Tech MagazineSEIRYU Adachi CNCAs seen on BotcastAs seen on BotcastAlliance SpacesystemsSysti MaticDC WaterjetNTMA ShojukaSwitzer CommunicationsUYSZ Mechanical & Enviormental EngineeringWorld Machine Innovations
## Merchandise

* *Fafnir / Royal Deluxe*
* *Fafnir / Deluxe Plush*
* *Fafnir / Beanie Pals! (Promo)*
* *Fafnir / Infernolab LEGO*
* *Fafnir and Dante / FUNKO POP RIDES*

Fafnir is preplanned in the process of being released as small trade figurines in Japan as part of *Dragoma Exivus Legend collections*. The Fafnir figurine, part of the *Infernolab* "Royal Deluxe" collection, measures approximately 7" tall with a display base, and is sculpted for Kotogiyama by Takayuki Takeya. It's forepaws, hindlegs, neck, jaws, wings and tail have full ranged articulation. It's tri foil saws are capable of spinning while it's harpoon laser guns pulse in effect. Fafnir is also part of the Legends Play Arts Kai Vol. 1 collection.

## Trivia

* In Norse mythology, **Fáfnir** is the son of Hreidmar and brother of Regin, Ótr, Lyngheiðr, and Lofnheiðr. After being affected by the curse of Andvari's ring and gold, Fafnir became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd.
* Project Fafnir was inspired by Festus the golden mechanical dragon from Rick Riordan's *Heroes of Olympus* series. The model of the dragon is inspired by Dragonoid Colossus from *Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders.*
* Dante's relationship and craftsmanship with Fafnir is highly inspired by Leo Valdez and Festus:
	+ Both dragons are automaton / robotic.
	+ They both have ruby red eyes.
	+ They both are built by their owners who harness fire powers.
	+ They both use gear whirs, clicks, and smoke flares to communicate.
	+ They both love motor oil and hot sauce. (Festus adores Tabasco, while Fafnir prefers Wasabi.)
	+ They both were destroyed and struck down by triggering perimeter defense systems (ex: plasma lasers, invisible wires, etc.)
* Fafnir adores 3-in-1 motor oil as a reward from Dante.
* Half of Fafnir's company funded sponsors are based off of real companies that sponsored Jason's bot projects.
* Most of Fafnir's modular weapons are highly inspired by Jason's combat robots.
	+ The tri hook saws are from Dr. Inferno Jr.
	+ The hammers are from Towering Inferno.
	+ The plasma spear guns mimics the Missing Link's harpoon guns.
	+ The Trident tail mimics the 3 point tool from Hell on Wheels.
	+ The Makita chainsaw mimics the Missing Link's Craftsman chainsaw.
* The CPU chip, BARDIS is meant to be an inspirational name play on Jason's last name. The shape of the CPU references the Giant Nut from *Battlebots*.

## Gallery

Fafnir's Dragon Howl during The World Ends with You ~ Infernolab.