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| “ | Seiros! I will kill you! Do not get in my way! | „ |
| ~ Nemesis |
| “ | You are all pathetic weaklings! You lack the courage to challenge me in lone combat. | „ |
| ~ Nemisis belittling Byleth and Claude for working as a team. |
Nemesis, also known as the King of Liberation and the Fell King, is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Epimenides) within the Fódlan Saga of Nintendo's Fire Emblem franchise.
He is the overarching antagonist of the 2019 tactical video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses, as well as the final boss of the Verdant Wind route.
He is responsible for the creation of the Crests, the war upon Fódlan, and the demise of Sothis. In one form or another, Nemesis is responsible for every tragedy and atrocity that has ever transpired throughout Fódlan history. He is the archenemy of Seiros/Rhea.
He initially serves as a historical figure for most of the game, but in the Verdant Wind route, particularly in the final chapter, Nemesis serves as a much more important figure when he becomes the route's final threat after his unexpected revival by the forces of Those Who Slither in the Dark.
He was voiced by Naomi Kusumi in Japanese and by Jamieson Price in English, with the latter also voicing Rudolf from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Zephiel in Fire Emblem Heroes and Lu Bu in the Dynasty Warriors franchise.
Appearance[]
Nemesis appears to be a tall muscular old man with white hair, a white beard and red eyes. He is completely covered in scars. He wears shoulder armour and has a white cape. He also wields the dark version of the Sword of the Creator.
Personality[]
From little of what seen of him in the beginning, Nemesis was shown to be a calm and serious commander with a stoic nature, only reacting in shock and surprise when his arch-nemesis Seiros reveals herself as a Nabatean, moments before she kills him. In history, he was characterized as once a noble and revered king who fell to power and became corrupted as a result.
In truth, he turned out to be a power-hungry and ruthless warlord who wanted nothing more than power, even willing to commit heinous acts to obtain it. To that end, he would murder Sothis and majority of her race in cold blood, and turn their bodies, bones, and blood into weapons, Crests, and Crests stones to obtain the power he ultimately desired. While he was considered a brute, he also proved to be charismatic and manipulative, since he convinced some of his loyal followers that he had noble intentions for Fódlan, when in reality, he was just interested in gaining more power. Nemesis also was shown to have a social darwinist view, believing that the strong must rule the weak.
Following his revival, he ultimately desired revenge against Seiros and he was willing to crush anyone who got in his way. In addition, he was shown to be very wrathful and even insane, no longer exhibiting any of the calmness he exhibited earlier. More of his social darwinist view was even shown, as he displayed disgust on Byleth and Claude working together to defeat him.
Biography[]
Past[]
According to the historical legend by the Church of Seiros, Nemesis was once a wise and brave king whom the Goddess Sothis entrusted to protect Fódlan from hostile foreign gods, bestowing him the Sword of the Creator and the Crest of Flames to accomplish this task. However, over time, he allowed the power Sothis bestowed upon him to corrupt him, deserting his duty and becoming a brutal tyrant. He waged a brutal war to unite Fódlan under his rule, opposed by Saint Seiros, the Four Saints, the Ten Elites and Wilhelm Paul Hresvelg, the founder and first emperor of the Adrestian Empire.
In reality, Nemesis was never a king, but a bandit leader who was coereced into breaking into the Holy Tomb and murdering Sothis as she slept by Those Who Slither in the Dark. Those Who Slither in the Dark forged the Sword of the Creator from her bones, the Crest Stone to power it from her heart, and bestowed Nemesis the Creast of Flames by infusing him with her blood. With his new weapon and power, Nemesis massacred the Nabatean race, the children of Sothis, and destroyed their home of Zanado, allowing Those Who Slither in the Dark to forge more weapons from their corpses. Seiros and the Four Saints were the only survivors of the Nabatean genocide, while the Ten Elites fought with Nemesis against them and the Empire.
In Imperial Year 91, the armies of Nemesis and Seiros clashed at the Tailtean Plains, where Nemesis was confronted and killed by Seiros in single-combat. Wilhelm would create a secret archive containing his personal account of the War of Heroes, combined with what little information he knew regarding Seiros and Nemesis; his account led his descendants to believe that the war was fought between the two to decide whether Fódlan would be ruled by the Nabateans or humanity.
Verdant Wind[]
After the war of Shambala, the leadership of Those Who Slither in the Dark was eliminated by Byleth, Rhea, Claude and the army of Leicester Alliance, but turned out Those Who Slither in the Dark members already succeeded in reviving Nemesis, whom their remnants manipulated into invading Fodlan and destroying everyone in his path along with the Ten Elites. After a long time of struggle, Byleth and Claude worked together and finally slain Nemesis for the second and final time in battle.
Fire Emblem Engage[]
At the end of the game, the spirits of the final bosses of the previous Fire Emblem games are summoned by Engage's final boss, Sombron, to help him against the Divine Dragon's army and the Emblems gathered by their leader and his nemesis, Alear. They appear under the forms of Dark Emblems and Nemesis is among them, representing the final bosses of Three Houses. Nemesis is killed once more by (Male) Byleth and his allies during the ensuing battle.
Other Media[]
Fire Emblem Heroes[]
Nemesis is a playable character in the gacha mobile game, Fire Emblem Heroes. He was added on October 20, 2020, as a grand hero battle.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- The tale of Nemesis being a bandit king is disputed by Edelgard, who claims she was taught Nemesis was not power hungry, and instead his war with Seiros was a simple dispute over which race should rule over Fodlan, humanity or the Nabateans.
- Unlike Rhea or Edelgard, both of whom can be fought in multiple routes, Nemesis can only be fought as the final boss in the Verdant Wind route.
- Nemesis is named after an ancient Greek goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods).
- Another name for her is Adrasteia (or Adrestia), meaning "the inescapable". It became the namesake of Adrestian Empire.
External Link[]
- Nemesis on the Fire Emblem Wiki
- Nemesis on the Pure Evil Wiki
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