Nimbus

> "The legendary leader of The Wind Warriors. Respected and respectful, he's a fount of Wisdom and Knowledge accumulated over thousands of years leading the squad."
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> ― Nimbus's bio in the Tornado Outbreak Comic[src]
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## Lieutenant Nimbus

* Portrait
* Concept Art
* Early Concept Art
* In-game
* In-game (HD)
* Render (HD)

## Level Appearences

*The Tornado Outbreak Comic*
*Roadside Destruction!*
*Chicken Con Carnage!*
*Double Wide Damage!*
*Military Mayhem!* (cutscene only)
Camelot Falls! (cutscene only)
Coastal Calamity! (cutscene, vortex race, and boss only)
*Showdown with Omegaton!*

**Lieutenant Nimbus,** formerly known as **Captain Nimbus** is a skillful air elemental and former leader of a squad of Wind Warriors.

## Appearance

Nimbus is a violet-eyed, black and light blue air elemental with large gauntlets, a red tattered cape, a red scarf, metal wing-shaped shoulder pads, and a gold medallion bearing the Wind Warrior emblem. The top of his head consists of four head-tails.

## Overview

Once the fearless leader of the Wind Warriors, he is now the wise leader second in command. Nimbus stands strong beside his protégé Zephyr passing on the knowledge and abilities he's learned over the years.

Nimbus also possesses an innate ability for mechanical know how which is invaluable to the existence of his team. His ability to calibrate and decipher the L.O.A.D. STARR which provides cloud cover on Earth and allows his sidekick Zephyr to possess his destructive abilities are vital to their mission.

## Origins and History

### Comic

While not mentioned in the comic, it's assumed that he played a role in the Academy of Air, a school dedicated to training Wind Warriors/Air Elementals into mastering the tornado ability. His first two students, Cyclone and Stratos were successful at mastering the tornado which led to the two becoming Wind Warriors.

However, fearing that Cyclone will betray the Wind Warriors, both Nimbus and Stratos form a plan to catch him in his tracks. The plan involved Nimbus pretending to be crystalized by Shades, toxic elementals that crystallize anything they touch and pretending to host a competition to see who will become the new leader. The plan begins to work as planned until Cyclone sabotages the competition by poisoning Stratos, resulting in him being unable to win any of the competitions.

Upon discovering that Nimbus' fear was true, he breaks out of the crystallized shell which turned out to be ice created by himself.

### In-game

Over the course of the game, Nimbus plays a role in teaching Zephyr how to grab Fire Flyers with the Grab Move, calibrating the L.O.A.D. STARR along with guiding the squadron of Wind Warriors. However, an ambush from the Fire Flyers left him wounded and unable to move. He passes the L.O.A.D. STARR onto Zephyr and orders him and the squad of Wind Warriors to move out and retrieve the rest of Omegaton's orbs.

The Fire Flyers explained to Nimbus about what Omegaton really was, a hero from the backwards dimension is actually a villain on Earth. In return for listening, the Fire Flyers placed him inside of an underground sanctuary to prevent him from the sun's deadly exposure.

Eventually, Nimbus, along with Zephyr and the squadron of Wind Warriors defeat Omegaton once and for all and reunite the rock and water elementals to their homeworld.

## Relationships

### Cyclone

Cyclone was one of his students at the Academy of Air. The two maintain a somewhat friendly relationship up until Cyclone betrays the squadron of Wind Warriors by poisoning and killing Stratos.

### Fire Flyers

Initially, the Fire Flyers were hostile to Nimbus along with Zephyr and the Wind Warriors. However, while Zephyr and the Wind Warriors were sent to retrieve Omegaton's next orb, the Fire Flyers explain to Nimbus about Omegaton's true motive. In return for listening, they dug an underground sanction to prevent Nimbus from being exposed to the UV rays from the sun.

### Stratos

Stratos was Nimbus' second lieutenant, and a student at the Academy of Air. The two had a close, friendly relationship up until Stratos' death.

### Zephyr

The two have known each other since Zephyr graduated from the Academy. In the game, their mentor/protégé relationship is expanded upon when Nimbus teaches Zephyr the basics of growing his tornado along with grabbing Fire Flyers.

### Wind Warriors

The Wind Warriors have been shown to remain loyal to their lieutenant as it's implied that he was the one who taught them how to master the tornado at the Academy of Air. The loyalty of the Wind Warriors to Nimbus is further highlighted by their reaction when he is captured by the Fire Flyers. They become distressed and turn to Zephyr for help, indicating that Nimbus holds a position of great importance within the squad.

### Dialogue

Even though Nimbus isn't a playable character, he has slightly more dialogue then Zephyr and the Wind Warrior.

## Trivia

* Nimbus is thousands of years old.
* Assuming that he is older then the other characters, Nimbus' exact age is roughly around 1,000 to 10,000.
* After Camelot Falls, Nimbus no longer wears his cape and shoulder pads. However, these reappear in Coastal Calamity, and Showdown with Omegaton.
* Nimbus is the only character shown to have ears.
* Nimbus is also the second character to not have a mouth. The First being the Wind Warrior.
* Nimbus was originally blue and silver. His later design would be changed to blue, red, and black.
* Nimbus is the only non-playable air elemental that can be sucked into Zephyr's tornado.
* Nimbus is Left handed.
* Lev Liberman, The voice of Nimbus also voices: The Wind Warriors, The Stone Smasher, and the soccer players in Ringling Village!
* Nimbus' model is referred to as **zephyr.mb**, which means that at one point, he was going to be a playable character.
* In the HD version of Tornado Outbreak, Nimbus' fingers are partially modeled. Oddly enough, the fingers aren't animated. Additionally, his face in the HD port features a diamond shaped indentation in the center of his head.

## Gallery

Nimbus crystallized in The Tornado Outbreak ComicNimbus seen in the map : Training CampgroundNimbus being sucked into Zephyr's tornado to be then thrown.Nimbus in the sunlight.
### Concept Art

Concept Art (Pre-released)Concept Art (Pre-released) #2Concept Art.Early Concept Art.Early Concept Art #2.Early Concept Art #3.Early tornado Concept Art
## Reference(s)

1. ↑ The Tornado Outbreak Comic
2. ↑ In-game character model. Numerous cutscenes have showcased that he does in-fact have a mouth.