Grandmaster Nimzo

"Сяч іf чфц шіlӏ, Ѕсяздм іf чфц шіlӏ. Чфця ѕцffэяіиg іѕ дѕ ѕдсяіfісэ fфя І, дlміghtч Иімzф!"

- Nimzo

Grandmaster Nimzo is the final boss and the main antagonist of Dragon Quest V. He resides at Mt. Zugzwang as the grandmaster of Nadiria (Makai in the japanese version), and is a master strategist who tries to take over the outside world and get rid of the legendary hero's bloodline. His real form is more horrific and powerful: A huge fat red demon with wings and a spiked tail. Nimzo's minions are named after chess pieces.

Other appearances

 * He appears as a legacy boss in Dragon Quest IX and his map can be obtained randomly from Psaro when he reaches level 16 at least.


 * In the Dragon Quest Monsters Joker series he's a Rank X monster of the Unknown family can be synthesized with Baramos and either a Dracolard or Khalamari.
 * He appears as one of Nokturnus' finest warriors in Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory and he's the final opponent that the player must face in the Dragon Quest V story arc.

Trivia

 * His name is derived from the professional chess player, Aron Nimzowich, who has unofficially been given the title "Grandmaster".


 * He was originally known as Mirudraas in the earliest Monsters spin-off games and Mildrath in fan-translations, due to this game not being released originally. They are all names based off his original japanese name.
 * "Lord of Makai" is his original Japanese title, it means lord of the Demon World. Elsewhere, he's known as "Grandmaster of Nadiria".
 * Its main theme does not have an official english name so it's known by its japanese one, Satan. Its theme is also known as "Lord Mildrath" the unofficial fan-given name of the monster.
 * Nimzo speaks in cyrillic alphabet but it's still understandable in the language of the same the game is set to.
 * From his original japanese dialect it's implied that his power surpasses that of of gods, probably referring to beings like the Zenithian dragon.