# Ortlieb — The Nibelungenlied character guide

> Ortlieb in The Nibelungenlied by Anonymous.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0034-adventure-xxxiii-how-the-burgundians-fought-with-the-huns

## Who they are

Young son of Etzel and Kriemhilda, slain in the hall.

## In the story

### [Adventure XXXI: How They Went to Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nibelungenlied_se/chapters/adventure-xxxi-how-they-went-to-church)

Kriemhilda's young son, brought to the table by her command; Hagen insults him, sealing the boy's doom.

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