For the weapon in NieR Reincarnation, see Beastbain (Reincarnation).
Beastbain (百獣の剣 (Hyakujū no Ken), "Sword of One Hundred Beasts") is a weapon in NieR and NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.... It is part of a set, along with Beastlord and Beastcurse.
The sword reappears in NieR:Automata, spelled instead as Beastbane.
Description[]
- "A sword that bears a beastly motif. Its short, thin blade seems eager to vanish from sight."
- —In-game description
Location[]
- Sold by Blacksmiths in all major settlements for 16,800 Gold.
Weapon Story[]
- Long, long ago, in a faraway kingdom, there lived three brothers.
- The middle brother was a famous general who commanded a vast army. People everywhere were terrified of his troops, for they were most violent indeed.
- This general loved to make war.
- He enjoyed nothing more than watching cities burn and corpses pile up—and he fought not to subjugate, but simply to destroy all that he could. His well-trained soldiers laid waste to towns, cities and even nations for the sake of their general. And as they hewed and hacked and chopped, the general would chuckle to himself in the most vulgar of tones.
- The army marched on and on.
- Nations by the sea. Nations in the mountains. Nations in the desert. Nations in the tundra. Nations to the east. Nations to the west. The general cared not—he simply wished to watch it all burn.
- His orders were absolute, and for years beyond counting the soldiers killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed.
- After some time, the army arrived in a certain nation.
- They killed its soldiers. They killed its townspeople. They killed its princesses and princes and dukes and bakers and lawyers and accountants and beggars and thieves.
- Eventually, a shabby general came pleading for his life with tears in his eyes, but they killed him as well. However, the soldiers thought he seemed familiar and tried to recall how they might have known him. In that moment, however, the general's daughter appeared, and they became so engrossed in ending her life, they never thought about the matter again.
- Once upon a time there were three brothers in a kingdom. The second of the three was a mighty general leading the army. The army was very violent and feared by everyone.
- The general loved wars. He liked seeing burning cities and rolling corpses. The general dedicated his life not to conquer, but to destroy. Soldiers trained like machines destroyed alllllllllllllll the villages and cities and countries for the general. The mighty general saw that and laughed a vulgar laugh. "Guhuhuhu..."
- The army marched on. They destroyed the winter country, the eastern country, the southern country indiscriminately. Obeying the absolute orders of the mighty general, for yeaaaaaaaaaaaars and years they killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed and killed.
- Eventually the army reached a certain country. They pierced the people in the city, the armies, the princess, the prince with their spears and killed them. In the end a general begged for his life while crying, but he was killed right away. The general’s face seemed familiar. The soldiers tried to remember, but the general’s daughter appeared and they were absorbed in killing her, and did not think about it again.
Trivia[]
- Up until the second half of the game, this is the most powerful weapon.
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