Hagen

Hagen is known as the killer of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied. Due to Siegfried's nature as someone who did as he asked without question, he was involved in the dilemma between his brother-in-law, Gunther, and the woman Gunther desired, Brünnhilde. As the various circumstances came to a head, Siegfried was left with no choice but to die to stop conflict between Brünnhilde and his own wife, Kriemhild. He exclaimed to his friend Hagen, “Ah, the situation is beyond my control. Hagen, I am invincible and so have never once been wounded by you. But even so, if I don’t have you kill me…”