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Heads up! Important plot details for NieR:Replicant v1.22 may follow. Read at your own risk! | Route(s) E |
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Heads up! Important plot details for NieR Reincarnation may follow. Read at your own risk! | Route(s) People/World Act III |
Her,[2] also known as She,[2] the Girl of Light,[2] p!P!H?cs!,[3] one of the Twins,[4] or simply the Girl,[5] is an antagonist in NieR Replicant ver.1.22 and NieR Reincarnation. She is one of humanity's quantum server Administrators and is the counterpart of Him.
Background[]
After having watched the Earth's same past, present, and future history on repeat, the male Administrator "Him" began to feel loneliness and despair. In response, He created Her as his female counterpart.[6] Despite having to continuously observe painful memories of humanity's downfall, the twins were able to support each other.[7] While She began to become mournful at humanity's unchanging future, He had faith in its revival.[8]
Eventually, Kainé discovered the quantum server and destroyed it in order to restore the existence of Nier.[9] While He vanished after being defeated, She was only scattered and became a lone observer as He once was.[10] After an eternity alone, She encountered a damaged Red Girl after the end of the 14th Machine War.[11][12] Despite wanting to offer the Red Girl salvation, she was beyond repair, and so was ultimately assimilated by Her.[13]
Having absorbed the Red Girl's data, She became angered from the girl's hatred and stained red in color.[13][14] She blamed the feelings of loss on having not always been alone, and subsequently decided to freeze both the Earth and the flow of time.[15][16] She also used the Red Girl's power to transform the Earth into a network of stone structures resembling the Aliens' homeworld,[17] which eventually had a similar transformative affect on The Cage.[18]
Wanting to destroy humanity's memories as a means of "salvation,"[19] She sent viruses into The Cage in the form of the black birds and malformed creatures born from humanity's memories.[20][21] She also summoned the entities known as Papa and Dark Mama to start guiding Hina and Yuzuki in the convergence of The Cage's sun and moon,[22][23] an event that would open a more direct path for attack.[24]
By the time Mama arrived on Earth with the Cage residents, She had relegated herself in stasis within a structure known as The Birdhouse.[25] Mama hacked into Her and entered an area representing Her heart.[26] The space was guarded by imitations of Her and contained spiraling objects thought to be viruses created within Her heart.[27][28]
She ultimately attacked the group, resulting in damage to Mama, Fio, and Levania. The remaining Cage residents fought Her and sent Fio and Levania their power to defeat Her.[29][30] The pair's power eventually became drained, and She sealed Fio in a stasis.[31][32] However, through Levania, external characters from The Cage entered the conflict, resulting in the defeat of Her.[33]
The Administrator decides to escape to a divergent timeline branch and begins the process, but Fio intervenes.[34][35] The Birdcage and surrounding stone towers crumble, with stagnant machine lifeforms and YoRHa androids awakening amidst the rubble. In physical form, Fio and a reluctant Her also awaken under a blue sky.
Trivia[]
- After absorbing the Red Girl and becoming red in color, She adopts a color scheme similar to that of Manah, the main antagonist from Drakengard and high priestess of the Cult of the Watchers.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grimoire NieR: Revised Edition p.31
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fio: "Are you...the girl from earlier?"
Girl of Light: "Yeah. I'm Her, and She's me."
Mama: "Are you the administrator of the quantum server humanity built on Earth?"
Her: "I sure am. She's been watching—you, and humanity's memories." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "My name is p!P!H?cs!" -??? (NieR Replicant ver.1.22)
- ↑ Grimoire NieR: Revised Edition, Square Enix, p31
- ↑ "Will you show us your potential?" -Girl (NieR Replicant ver.1.22)
- ↑ "As He watches history run the same path over and over again, He learns of human emotion, and He finds pain in His loneliness. And so He births Her, believing He can change His own fate." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 3 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "He and She run through the memories of the quantum server. Pain comes with continually witnessing the memories of humanity's destruction, but together, they can support each other. They spend eternity in one another's company, waiting for the day when someone makes the choice to save humanity." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 4 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "She accesses more and more and sees what becomes of humanity. She comes to know their future, the pain that plague and violence causes them, and their trudge toward extinction. While She grieves humanity, He speaks of His belief that they will be revived one day." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 1 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "After a long, long time, a woman with white hair appears before them. This woman lost her friend and knew loneliness. She wants to destroy the quantum server in order to get him back...which would mean killing both Him and Her. The pair lose, and He vanishes, feeling hope for humanity's possibilities." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 4 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "The pair lose, and He vanishes, feeling hope for humanity's possibilities. But He does not anticipate Her living on even further into the future, though She scatters into pieces. This time, She is the one who must spend eternity alone." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 4 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "However... He makes a miscalculation. Though She scatters, She alone remains here in this world. She would spend an eternity alone in this nothingness." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "She does not know how much time passes, but eventually, the Red Girl appears before Her. She knows that the girl is an enemy of humanity. But now, because they both know loneliness, she is not Her enemy." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 5 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "The Red Girl, too, is another seized by loneliness. And so, She attempts to offer her salvation. But She cannot—the girl's data is damaged beyond the point of repair. And so, She burdens herself with the girl's data and emotions and stains herself red. ...The color of hatred." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "She absorbs her so She can carry her memory onward...and they become one. The red of hatred spreads through Her." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 5 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "As She becomes red, the world freezes white. Had She always been alone, She would never have grieved for the girl in red or the woman with white hair. And so, She freezes it all. The world...and even time itself."
- ↑ "Had She been alone from the beginning, She would have never had to carry the sadness of loss. And so, She freezes the world and time in place." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 5 (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "Finally, She uses the girl's power to change the city. She transforms it something[sic] resembling the home planet of the machine lifeforms' creators." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ Marie: "So...why does Earth look like The Cage?"
Mama: "You've got it backwards. The Cage has taken on the form of Earth, you see. The Cage was originally meant to reflect Earth's environment. It seems their similarity was an effect of that characteristic." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "Indeed, all those trapped within The Cage faced hardship from antipathy and loss. And that is why She attempts to sever those bonds. It is Her own way of granting salvation." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "And so, She sends forth the black birds, uses the brother and sister's conflict to create a path... And brings about the fall of The Cage." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ P.A.: "During development, we referenced the country where the thief and the princess lived."
Sarafa: "Our country never had monsters like these..."
P.A.: "These monsters—or rather, viruses—are created here, and will be deployed to your worlds as they're ready."
Sarafa: "What? Why!?"
P.A.: "To destroy your worlds." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "But Earth is not the only place that is home to humanity's histories and bonds. She sets free the black birds, then uses Carrier and the siblings to bring about the fall of The Cage on the moon." -Library Entry: People/World Act III: Story 5
- ↑ Deleted User (Her): "Hello there. Are we ready to put our plan into action?"
Dark Mama: "Uh, well, there's actually been a bit of trouble..."
Papa: "Nothing to worry about, though!" (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "We're in the process of checking everyone's pairings with the key. If all goes well... A massive path should open." -Papa (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "And She... I'm alone in this city. Not that you'd be able to get close to Her. She sleeps in The Birdhouse." -Her (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ Fio: "Huh? We didn't come back to the same place?"
Mama: "This feeling tells me...we are inside Her. We're in a place that resembles Her heart."
Levania: "I sense nothing."
Fio: "Maybe Her heart got empty when She was left all alone." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ Levania: "Did we subdue Her?"
Mama: "No—that was not Her. It seemed to be a defense mechanism of this place. One of the walls of Her heart." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ Levania: "What are those black things rising into the air?"
Mama: "I...think they're viruses attacking The Cage. They must've been born within Her heart." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "I'll stop her! Grant Fio your power!" -Yudil (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ "Fio, Levania...we send our feelings to you!" -Hina (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ Levania: "No... She's back in action!?"
Her: "Now I understand...the power of your emotions. But it's not nearly enough to stop Her." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ Fio: "Mister Monster and all my friends taught me that I shouldn't give up just because I'm lonely. So I want the chance to teach that to you too."
Her: "Then show Her what it means to never give up." (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ "Through Levania, all your sentiments about The Cage have reached us as prayers. Due to this link being established, you can now call characters from your Cage to Earth. (...) This is the final battle. Please... Make use of the characters you've trained to stop Her." -Narrator (NieR Reincarnation)
- ↑ Her: "If I escape to another branch, maybe I'll have another chance..."
Fio: "Wait! Mama, I need a favor!" (NieR Reincarnation) - ↑ Fio: "I want to stay here with this girl. I think she's sad all by herself... I know she'll be less lonely if she has someone with her."
Mama: "If it's just you, I think I can make it happen. But...are you sure? (...) Because the two of you might be alone in this world. Are you okay with that?" (NieR Reincarnation)
