Siegfried

**Siegfried** (ジークフリート, *Siegfried*), sometimes referred to simply as **Sieg** (ジーク, *Sieg*), is the recently deceased prince of Niederland. His spirit inhabits his sword Gram, now wielded by Lynn and accompanies her on their journey.

## Appearance

In life, Seigfried was a tall muscular man with black hair that he kept a little under shoulder-length. As a ghost he keeps his old build, though he rarely manifests a bottom-half. The manga's black and white art makes his corrent hair colour ambiguous, but it is lighter than when he lived.

## Personality

Siegfried is crude, arrogant, short-tempered and aggressive, particularly when it comes to combat or sex. He is especially confident in his swordsmanship and sexual prowess, and has a particular fetish for virgins. Perhaps thanks to his self-belief, or a tendency to live in the moment, he doesn't always think through his actions, leading to numerous beatings from Lynn and even his own death. While he is incredibly licentious, he is also quite protective of the women he sleeps with.

## History

Siegfried travelled the world collecting a variety magical tools, including one that could revive the dead. Over the course of his journeys, using the sword Gram, he changed many men into women and raped them. At some point in time, he changed the dragon Fafnir into a female and raped him before stealing his family's treasure.

Siegfried took Brunhild's virginity, enraging Burgundy's royal family which resulted in them sending assassins to his kingdom. Some days later, Siegfried visited Lynn's village and took the virginity of every woman there, except Lynn. Soon after he is killed by Hagen. During their battle he changed Hagen into a woman and attempted to rape him but died before doing so. Siegfried's soul became bound to his sword Gram, ending up stuck in a tree trunk in a forest near the village.

## Plot

When the sword Gram was picked up by Lynn, Sieg became able to communicate with and possess her while she held it. The two soon formed a partnership and set off for the Rosen Garten tournament, seeing as their goals could both be met there - Lynn's to make Brunhilde acknowledge her and Seigfried's to be resurrected. Along the way, they met and recruited Bern's prince Dietrich and the dragon sisters Lyng & Lofn.

## Equipment & Abilities

Siegfried's soul resides in the legendary sword Gram, a sword with an odd circle built into its hilt and the even odder ability to transform men into women and induce an aphrodisiac effect on them. When he posses Lynn, he usually wields this sword.

Sieg himself is a master swordsman of prodigious skill. He has a solid understanding of formal swordsmanship, but it also a quick-witted combatant and can adapt on the fly and make unconventional manoeuvres like catching a sword with his teeth.

As a ghost, he can manifest a large phantom penis upon his host. He is capable of extended bouts of sexual activity with little need for a refractory period, though his actual prowess without Gram's aphrodisiac effect has been called into question by Witige.

## Original Inspiration

Siegfried is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. In both the Norse and continental Germanic tradition, Sigurd is portrayed as dying as the result of a quarrel between his wife Kriemhild and another woman, Brunhild, whom he has tricked into marrying the Burgundian king Gunther. His slaying of a dragon and possession of the hoard of the Nibelungen is also common to both traditions. In other respects, however, the two traditions appear to diverge.

## References

1. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 3
2. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 12
3. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 5
4. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 6
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 2
6. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 1
7. ↑ Rosen Garten Saga Manga: Chapter 9