Tyrann is a minor character in NieR and its remake, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.... He is the Shade inhabiting Kainé's body.
In the NieR Drama CD, The Lost Verses and the Red Sky, it is revealed that Tyrann was once a man named Yura Masayoshi and that he has a past connected to the original Kainé.
Background[]
Yura Masayoshi was the commander of a small military unit for the "Counter-measure against Special Biological Organisms Department" that overran the Hamelin Organization and took their organic weapon No. 7 hostage. As a leader, he was bloodthirsty and absolutely ruthless. He used intimidation techniques and fear to keep his soldiers in line and didn't balk from using deadly force to make others cooperate with him.
The one who provided Yura with money and supported him in this movement was Kainé's grandmother, Kali. She orders him to guard her home against the incoming invasions of Red Eyes and Legion. In the end, Yura sacrifices all of his men as well as using Emil's abilities to try and save himself when the invasion couldn't be stopped. He went into hiding after this.
When individuals were being turned into Gestalts, Yura managed to join the ranks by changing his name to Tyrann. When the military figured out his scheme, they had Yura's Replicant destroyed. Unable to return to his proper body because of this, Tyrann spent the next thousand years invading other people's Replicants and using them until he destroyed them. He also fed his bloodthirst and need for control and power by slaughtering Shades.
This eventually led him to Kainé. When he was unable to convince the woman to give her body over to him, he instead made a deal with her. As long as she kept hating and killing things, he would simply reside within her heart and offer his help as she fought. If she showed a moment of weakness however, he would take her over completely.
It appears that just as Kainé comes to understand Tyrann, calling him "just a lonely soul, who nobody likes, and has to use hatred as a crutch" and that she too felt the same way as him, Tyrann likewise comes to understand Kainé. Thanks to this, Tyrann commits one of the first and only truly noble acts of his life in endings C and D of the game.
Appearance[]
While Tyrann never physically appears in-game, several unofficial pieces of concept art by artist D.K depict his human form as having long, dark hair and blue eyes, with his left eye being covered by a surgical eyepatch. In Kainé's Dreams, before Tyrann possesses Kainé's body, he is described as being an amorphous black ooze. This "ooze" is what is used to replace Kainé's damaged left arm, leg, and eye after he possesses her.
Personality[]
As a human, Yura was prideful, sarcastic, and arrogant. He was a smug and sly man who enjoyed using force and sought any opportunity to undermine any who displeased him. Even so, he was also a selfish coward who shrank at danger and responsibility, cruelly doing anything for his guaranteed survival.
As Tyrann, his harsher traits from his human life remain with an absolutely bloodthirsty and sadistic edge. His contempt for others intensified over the years, and he frequently mocks their nature.
Trivia[]
- Tyrann's name comes from the German word for "tyrant."[1]
- Tyrann can recite the entire periodic table, as he has an excellent memory.
- The player does not hear Tyrann's voice until the second playthrough. The first time he is heard is when going through the Lost Shrine, describing the Shades imprisoned within.
- SINoALICE has a murderer named Akiyoshi Yura (由良明義) killed in its Modern World scenario, which led fans to speculate that the two continuities are possibly connected. Yoko said it's incidental and asked fans to not always draw connections between the IPs associated with his name.[2]
- It was revealed on the back cover flap of the Drakengard manga, Shi ni Itaru Aka, that Tyrann is a distant descendant of Nero.
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References[]
- ↑ Grimoire NieR: Revised Edition p.32
- ↑ 4Gamer (February 22, 2019). エンディングは炎上必至？ ヨコオタロウ氏らを集めた，NieR:Automataの発売2周年を祝した「SINoALICE」×「NieR Replicant」コラボ記念座談会, 4Gamer.net. Retrieved June 20, 2024.