Nier (Brother)

Nier is the titular main protagonist of Nier Replicant, the posthumous overarching protagonist of it's sequel Nier: Automata, and a minor character in it's anime adaptation Nier: Automata Ver1.1a.
He's a young man who goes out on a journey to save his little sister from the Black Scrawl by finding and obtaining the Sealed Verses. Along the way, he meets Grimoire Weiss, Kainé, and Emil, who become his companions and join him on his quest.
In the English dub, he's voiced by Zach Aguilar in Act I and by Ray Chase in Act II. In the Japanese dub, he's voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Act I and by Koji Yusa in Act II.
== Background ==
=== Backstory ===
Before the events of Replicant, Nier lost both his parents at a young age, leaving both him and his sister Yonah by themselves. As a result, he stepped up and took on the responsibility of taking care of the both of them, becoming a mercenary and doing jobs and errands for the people of the village they live in.
About a year before the start of Replicant, Nier was heavily implied to be in a forced sexual relationship with an unknown man from Seafront in order to get money to help take care of Yonah. Nier was shown to be quite shaken around him and hated both him and this arrangement the guy forced him into in the first place. Thus when the two of them one day went on a quest together, it's implied that Nier killed him as after he comes back, he compares killing a Shade to killing a human.
=== Nier Replicant ===
TBA.
== Appearance ==
In Act I, Nier is a young man of average height with snow white hair that's sticks out towards the back along with a ponytail. His outfit consists of a white shirt and shorts covered by a black apron reminiscent of a blacksmiths'. He also wears long black gloves and greyish knee high boots.
In Act II, his white hair has grown even longer and he's now taller, standing a little over 6 feet. He now has a more metalic look as he wears a black tunic over his shirt and has matching detached gloves and fur sleeves that go up to his shoulder. His boots also have fur attached that goes up his thighs.
== Personality ==
Nier is a hardworking and self sacrificing young man. Having taken on the responsibility of looking after his sick sister on his own, he's quite responsibile for someone his age, doing odd jobs and killing Shades to make money and get by. Although optimistic, he's also somewhat naive to the ways of the world as he hasn't ventured too far from his home before the events of the game. Throughout Act I, he bonds with his companions and is shown to cherish them, fighting alongside them and going so far as to protect them. 
By Act II, in the five years that have passed, Nier has become more serious and brutal in regards to killing his enemies due to his many traumatic experiences stripping away his innocence, as well as the stress and responsibility of trying to save his sister getting to him. His behavior has gotten to the point he will basically disregard anyone if they aren't his sister or close circle of friends. Despite this, he still has a sense of optimism and clearly still cares deeply about his companions and Yonah, with the safety of the latter being his main driving force. 
== Gallery ==
File:NierCover.jpg|Nier with his friends.
File:NierAndYonah.jpg|Nier and Yonah.
File:NierArmsFolded.jpg|Nier with his arms folded.
File:NierFlower.jpg|Nier holding a flower.
File:NierHandUp.jpg|Nier offering his hand to Kaine.
File:NierAndWeiss.webp|Nier and Weiss
File:NierHug.jpg|Kaine hugging Nier.
== Trivia ==
* In Act I, Nier bears a strong resemblance to 9S while Kainé resembles 2B, both of whom are from the sequel game Nier: Automata. This may be an intentional design choice in order to have Nier and Kainé better parallel 9S and 2B as both sets of characters are the main male and female protagonists of their respective games.
* Nier and Kainé are also love interests to each other similar to 9S and 2B.
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