Nezha/Main

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A petite and playful facade conceals this frame's immense power.

> This is Nezha, the protector, the quick.
> Feel the heat, Tenno. Nezha is a burning thing, and he makes a fiery ring.
>
> Lotus

> And at last, we meet Nezha face to face, in all his unquestionable reality. Did this Warframe model itself on the myths, to take on the mantle of a mythic hero? Or were the myths left in the Warframe's wake, a blazing trail to light the way? Ah. History will always be some manner of educated guesswork, and occasionally one of faith. Perhaps in some deeper stratum, we will find the lost children of Reshantur, sad little clusters of bones, not saved at all. But I have faith we will not. I leave you with this. Why do you suppose it was the child soldiers that Nezha chose to protect? Any war has its innocent casualties, but these seem to have called to him. What could a Warframe, a lethal specialist warrior, possibly have in common with a child? That riddle, I fear, must remain a riddle.
>
> Drusus

**Release Date:** December 16th, 2015

Blazing across the crimson skies, the empyreal vanguard **Nezha** invokes sacred fire through his Universe Ring. Invigorate and protect friends by bestowing life and energy. Ignite and impale foes upon inferno pyres, to purge the System with his divine flames. Nezha forged a path of flame in Update 18.1 (2015-12-16).

## Acquisition

Prior to Update 19.0 (2016-11-11), Nezha's main blueprint could be purchased from the Market for **100,000 Creditsไฟล์:Credits64.png 100,000** and its component blueprints were obtained from Sorties, and component blueprints could previously be traded between players.

Nezha's blueprints are now researched from the Tenno Lab in the dojo.

## Lore

บทความหลัก: Leverian § Nezha

> Nezha. The mercurial firemonger. The clarion of hope. However foul the decadent excesses of the Orokin Empire, the aftermath of its collapse was arguably worse. But, the darkest times often give rise to the brightest legends. We've seen that happen often, haven't we? Tales of a being called Nezha predate the Orokin Fall. They speak of a swift warrior who leaves trails of fire, summoning barbed spears from the very earth. But it is during a time of unsurpassed brutality, at a moment of wanton slaughter, that this most blazingly improbable of Warframes first proves to be more than a myth.
>
> Drusus

Following the fall of the Orokin Empire, the farmland **Reshantur** suffered from routine and violent exchange of hands. As the poor farmers could not afford proper defenses, they were forced to rely on the eldest of children, who fashioned themselves after Nezha from relics found in the area.

During a defense from the Corpus, an incident that would come to be known as the **Massacre of Reshantur**, the farmland was torn asunder by flame. A Corpus surveyor named **Jena Xasparin** found a solitary boy in the midst of Corpus remains that were dismembered, impaled, and burned. The boy claimed "Nezha did it", that he razed the field with his wheels of flame; the children would go with Nezha as part of his celestial army while the boy stayed behind to tell the tale. Xasparin assumed the boy was traumatized and there was mutiny within the Corpus ranks, but every single blackened bone that was excavated and gene-tagged had belonged to an adult.

## Trivia

* Nezha is the third Warframe that was first introduced as a timed exclusive to Warframe China, after Excalibur/Umbra and Wukong.
* In Chinese folklore, *Nezha* is known as a protection deity and is the third son of Li Jing. He is also known by his title of *"Third Lotus Prince"*, which was bestowed on him following his deification, and his Taoist name of *"Marshal of the Central Altar"*.
	+ The Warframe's androgynous appearance is a nod to the deity's youthful appearance, which belied his reputation as a trickster. To clear out any confusion regarding this, Digital Extremes has stated that the Warframe is male.
* The rings that adorn the Warframe's body (and are used for some of his abilities) are also references to Nezha's lore;
	+ The rings on his ankles (which are activated when Fire Walker is in use) are known as the *Wind Fire Wheels*, ​and allowed the deity to walk in the air or fly.
	+ The ring on his back (which is utilized when casting Blazing Chakram) is known as the *Universe Ring* while the spears summoned by casting Divine Spears seem to be derived from the *Fire-tipped Spear*. Both artifacts were bestowed by his teacher Taiyi Zhenren.
* Nezha appears in *Journey to the West*, under the command of his father Li Jing. In the story, Li Jing's troops (among other forces) are summoned to fight Sun Wukong after the latter rebels against the Jade Emperor. Nezha is among those Wukong defeats after a three-day long battle, but the two befriend each other and Nezha would assist Wukong and his friends during their travels.
* Prior to Update 19.0 (2016-11-11), Nezha's component blueprints were obtained via Sortie rewards. Furthermore Nezha was the first and only non-Prime Warframe whose component part blueprints could be traded between players. Since the update trading is no longer possible.
* The quote *"Nezha is a burning thing, and he makes a fiery ring."* from Nezha's profile video is a quote from Johnny Cash's song, *Ring of Fire*.