Nuada

**Nuada** (ヌアダ, *Nuada*?) is a Magic God of Celtic Mythology and a member of the true Gremlin, first mentioned in *Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 13*.

## Etymology

Nuada was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Celtic Mythology. He lost an arm in battle and was removed from kingship as a result, but was returned to the throne after having his lost arm replaced by one made of silver. His silver arm was the source of his epithet **Airgetlám** (アガートラーム, ***Airgetlám***?) (meaning silver hand/arm).

## Appearance

Nuada is a light-haired, half-naked young man with war paint tattoos covering his entire body and a silver prosthetic left arm.

## Personality

Nuada's full personality isn't known, but he has displayed typical personality traits of a Magic God. Niang-Niang has noted that he goes out of the way to use tools not found in his legends.

## Background

Nuada's background is largely unknown, however he possesses the history associated with his mythological namesake; the king of the Celtic gods, driven from his throne after losing his arm, made a comeback with the help of the god of healing, then after that success severed his own arm as a test of courage and crawled back up from it to overcome the trial towards becoming king. His original left arm was replaced with a silver arm, Airgetlám, which made up for what he had lost.

## Chronology

### Magic God Invasion Arc

*Main article: Magic God Invasion Arc*
At some point around the time of the incident instigated by the High Priest, Nuada encountered Kamisato Kakeru and was 'exiled' by his World Rejecter. His silver arm was later returned before Nephthys, though it was actually through sleight-of-hand.

### Salome Arc

*Main article: Salome Arc*
Nuada remained exiled, but his likeliness was used in a bluff by Kihara Yuiitsu while fighting Kamijou Touma, Salome and Misaka Mikoto, making use of Sample Shoggoth and an attenuated St. Germain virus to make imitations of the Magic Gods and their magic, to make them think she could draw out the Magic Gods and their power after stealing World Rejecter from Kamisato Kakeru.

### Kamisato Rescue Arc

*Main article: Kamisato Rescue Arc*
On December 9th, after Kamisato himself fell victim to the World Rejecter's power, Nuada was among the Magic Gods who beat him up shortly after his arrival in the 'new world', though they didn't kill him. At that point, he and the rest of Gremlin were content to stay in the isolated world, but were keen for the new arrival to leave as soon as possible. A destructive struggle between Gremlin occurred when Nephthys and Niang-Niang decided to protect the boy against the Nuada and the Magic Gods who sought to continue the punishment. During the battle, he used his Darbh-Daol to form and launch gigantic gambling-themed objects, reflecting him viewing the attempt to kill Kamisato as a game.

## Abilities

Being a Magic God, Nuada has near-unlimited magical power. He can bend, break, and even create natural laws, distort the fabric of reality on a cosmic scale, perform unbelievable miracles, and create things without limit. He is powerful enough to risk destroying the world with his mere presence alone unless precautionary measures are taken. Even when weakened by Aleister's spell, he is still capable of destroying the world.

Nuada makes use of the **Darbh-Daol** (ダルヴ＝ダオル, *Daruvu Daoru*?), a magic spell based on the bugs that snuck into the gap between Nuada's silver arm and the shoulder wound to sap his life force. Nuada can summon trillions of these bugs and command them any way he pleases, using them to form giant shapes of various gambling tools such as dice, coins, cards and a massive roulette wheel that Kakeru initially believe to be a typhoon when he saw it from orbit.

## Character Art Design

According to Haimura, there weren't any particular details focused on in the designs of Nuada and the Magic Gods whose appearances were shown for the first time through Yuiitsu's fabrications, given their lack of mention in the story.

### Gallery

Kihara Yuiitsu with fakes of Nuada (lower-left) and the other Magic Gods, by Haimura Kiyotaka