Hríd

Hríd is a character from Book II of Fire Emblem Heroes. He is the first prince of the Ice Kingdom Nifl; He is the younger brother of Princess Gunnthrá and the older brother of Princesses Fjorm and Ylgr.

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The second eldest child of the Nifl royal family and the only prince among them, Hríd lived a peaceful life with his mother and sisters until the neighboring kingdom of Múspell invaded, killing the queen and forcing the Nifl royal siblings to separate. Letting everyone believe he had perished, Hríd made his way to Múspell in secret, seeking to assassinate Surtr, only to fail repeatedly, getting burns while evading Múspellian forces.

He eventually meets up with the Askran forces while escaping from an ambush, and thanks to Bruno's aid, he informs them that the only way to defeat Surtr is by cutting off the Rite of Flames so as to prevent any further resurrections. After getting ambushed again by Múspellian forces in a route supposedly unknown to them, Hríd deduces that there is a traitor within the Order of Heroes, much to the their dismay.

On their way there, he informs the group that the Rite requires a kindling in the form of sacrifices to fuel his powers of resurrection, and Surtr plans to feed two girls to the flames that sustain it, one of them being Veronica. In the evening, his suspicions eventually prove true when Ylgr is revealed to be Loki after the latter attempts to cause distrust towards him.

After Surtr's death by the Order of Heroes, Hríd becomes the new ruler of Nifl and he will soon create peace between Nifl and Múspell, now ruled by Laevatein. He then reveals like the Rite of Flames, the Rite of Frost also requires a sacrifice which could explain Fjorm's deteriorating health.