# Alberich — The Nibelungenlied character guide

> Alberich in The Nibelungenlied by Anonymous.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Albrich

**First appearance:** 0009-adventure-viii-how-siegfried-went-to-fetch-the-nibelungs

## Who they are

Dwarf guardian of the Nibelung treasure, defeated by Siegfried.

## In the story

### [How Siegfried Went to Fetch the Nibelungs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nibelungenlied_se/chapters/adventure-viii-how-siegfried-went-to-fetch-the-nibelungs)

Alberich, the dwarf treasurer of the Nibelungs, attacks Siegfried but is overpowered and bound; he later swears fealty and summons the Nibelung knights.

### [How the Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nibelungenlied_se/chapters/adventure-xix-how-the-nibelung-hoard-was-brought-to-worms)

Keeper of the Nibelung hoard, reluctantly surrenders it to Kriemhilda's men, lamenting the loss of the Tarnhelm.

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