Neigan Bourne

**Neigan Bourne** (ネイガン・ボーン, *Negan Bourne*) is a major recurring character of the Yuusha ga Shinda! series. Introduced alongside his friend and companion Colin Brad, the pair were originally enemy mercenaries before being rescued by Touka Scott, prompting them to change their ways. In the sequel, he serves as one of the Yonkishi, Farom Kingdom’s four greatest knights.

## Appearance

Neigan is a rough-looking muscular man with silver earrings, beady eyes, a shaved head, square chin, no eyebrows, and two scars over his left eyelid. He wears a plain white shirt, dark pants, brown knee-high boots, and a blue jacket with rolled up sleeves. A spear hangs from his shoulder, held in place by a brown strap.

## Personality

A relatively stoic individual most of the time, Neigan speaks noticeably less than his friend Colin, and says little during his introduction. Initially employed as a mercenary working for Leland Tallman, he carried out the insane doctor’s requests for monetary compensation, showing a lack of regard for the law, or even common decency. Unlike his adventuring companion, Neigan did not show any amusement in the face of the dark deeds going on around him, nor did he taunt the prisoners for the joy of it, showing he was the less evil of the two.

While he has a thuggish appearance, Neigan is ultimately shown to be a much more morally sound person than Colin. When Princess Marguerite offers them a chance to be absolved of their crimes in exchange for their help saving a town plagued by a terrible curse, he sees it as a good opportunity to be free of their past sins and convinces Colin to help. After the latter is infected by the curse, the two are spared a grizzly fate thanks to Touka’s success against the spell’s caster. They both reform and continue their adventures, appearing as recurring allies for the remainder of the adventure and working to save other people even if it means risking their own lives. In the sequel, the two adventurers have joined the knights alongside Siruela Carmen.

Neigan is shown to have no resistance towards immoderately dressed beautiful women, causing him to nosebleed uncontrollably in their presence. Years after the main story he is shown to have overcome this, and apparently has his own harem.

## History

None of Neigan’s past is shown, but at some point he chose the path of an adventurer and met Colin Brad, the two becoming companions. They eventually ended up in the employ of a bone-obsessed madman named Leland Tallman.

## Synopsis

### Meet the Princess

Neigan and Colin are first seen among the group of adventurers participating in the devil hunt outside of the Royal Capital. After witnessing Siruela Carmen slay one of the monsters, the duo approaches Yuna Yunis and Anri Hazeworth, offering to show them a secret hunting spot away from the commotion. They lead the girls to a cliff overlooking a large group of devils before Colin gives Anri a Magic Crystal with a lightning spell, telling her to use it on their prey. Once the monsters are hit by the spell, they head down to collect the creature’s hearts. Colin offhandedly mentions that the attack would certainly have killed them had they been alive to begin with, prompting the bodies to rise up and restrain the two. He then calls out to a mysterious masked man, alerting the “Bone Master” that his targets have been captured.

The burly adventurer is seen standing guard in the tunnels where Leland is conducting his plans. He is approached by Touka Scott who was disguised as one of his employer’s skeleton zombies. The hero is in the company of Isaac Gardner and Siruela, who pretend to have been captured. Neigan falls for the charade and lets them pass through undeterred. Colin is later taken prisoner by the enemy and forced to reveal the whereabouts of Princess Marguerite, whom Doctor Leland had kidnapped earlier. He is allowed to live in exchange for the information and the two adventurers flee amidst the chaos that follows.

### Crisis in Farom

The unscrupulous duo resumes their travels before stumbling upon a town plagued by a sinister form of magic that turns the people infected into mindless monsters. They manage to escape the cursed townspeople and regroup at the walled off estate of Mayor Dott Burns where the survivors are holding up. The people rejoice as they are joined by the Legendary Hero and his party, whom Colin recognizes immediately.

While Touka doesn’t seem to recognize him, Colin notices Yuna is displaying signs of infection from the spell and seizes the chance to take his revenge. He calls attention to her state in front of the townspeople before casually offering to kill her, pretending to be a good samaritan with the peoples’ safety at heart. Touka punches him away and draws the Sacred Sword, angrily lashing out at the crowd to protect Yuna. The curse drives her into a berserk state, but Anri uses necromancy to control her and they pass the spectacle off as a joke.

Later that night, the mansion is attacked by devils, allowing the infected humans to breach the defenses and attack. Colin and Neigan attempt to flee the chaos when they find the mayor cornered by enemies, causing him to laugh at the man’s misfortune. Neigan sees a devil and suggests they help, but Colin seems amused by the situation and immediately dismisses the notion. The mayor is saved by Princess Marguerite before leading the group to a fortified safehouse on the roof of his mansion.

While contemplating how to best approach the crisis, Touka finally recognizes Colin, though he is inside Yuna’s body at the time. Mistaking him for Yuna, Colin panics and claims the events at the capital were Leland’s fault and they were simply following orders. Princess Marguerite admonishes the two mercenaries for what happened, but claims they cannot turn away capable fighters in times like this, and promises them clemency in exchange for helping them save the town. Neigan claims they should take the chance to atone for their misdeeds, with Colin agreeing.

A high-ranking devil and her minions launch an attack from below, causing a fight to break out. Neigan attacks one with his weapon, but the creature destroys it and sends him flying, causing the group to flee outside. Colin leaves behind a body double and detonates it with an explosion spell, but the creature stands back up and continues its attack. They watch as the high-ranked devil revitalizes its servant, after which the creature punches Belarco into a nearby river.

Neigan questions where the high-ranked devil went, with Colin suggesting they find it. The latter gets bitten by one of the infected townspeople before fleeing to find cover. Realizing he will soon start to turn into a monster like the others, Colin immediately pursues the high-ranking devil with the intention of killing it to break the spell. He manages to land a hit on the creature before being attacked by a gaunt man crying tears of blood, whom Anri identifies as a Necromancer named Diego.

After the Hero’s Party fails to reason with the mad villain, he summons the army of infected humans to attack en masse. Touka strikes up a conversation while bluffing to distract Diego, allowing the mayor to run him over with the Magic Carriage. Reinforcements arrive moments later in the form of an adventurer’s party led by Yuna’s younger sister Milly Yunis. The group manages to drive Diego into a temporary retreat, but before departing, he reveals the magic cast by the high-ranked devil is a dangerous spell that will transform the infected into devils permanently after a day.

Once the infected humans are corralled into the mayor’s mansion, Neigan remains behind with Colin and the other curse victims, praying for the Hero’s Party to succeed in saving them all.