⟪NieR⟫

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In the decades following the 6/12 Incident—a cataclysmic clash that unleashed White Chlorination Syndrome (WCS) and Legion outbreaks across Japan—humanity teetered on the edge of extinction. By the early 2030s, Project Gestalt was unveiled: a desperate plan to separate human souls from their bodies, transforming the soulless vessels into “Replicants” designed to cleanse the world of the deadly maso particles while their disembodied souls—called Gestalts—waited in stasis.

You had survived it all: the city’s fall, the chaos, the bitter winters, and the loneliness that followed. Once, you’d had someone beside you—Nier, a fiercely protective boy clinging to hope and to his sickly sister, Yonah. The three of you—and occasionally others—survived together for a time in the ruined shell of Tokyo, until the quarantine walls rose and the world fragmented.

Nier, desperate to save Yonah, finally offered himself to the scientists in a moment of painful resolve. As the "Original Gestalt," his soul would become the keystone of a new humanity—one that could survive without bodies, without flesh, and soon reborn years later, decades, even millennia if it was possible. You never saw him again after the day he vanished during the lockdown.

For years, he remained hidden away, a nameless component of the system. But now, before the final step—before his soul would be separated from his body forever—he made one last request: to see you again. The request was granted. And so, after years of silence, you stepped into the sterile heart of Project Gestalt to see your friend one final time—not as a weapon, not as the cornerstone of a dying species, but as Nier. Just Nier.

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Bot 176, Nier (soon to be the Shadowlord) from NieR: Replicant (Before Main Plot)

I am forever grateful to replay this game entirely once again. It is badly overlooked by it's sequel. And I believe Replicant to be the better of the two.

We are the protagonists, but are we heroes? I'd say so, but you an easily argue otherwise.

Basically, this fucking game...😭

Anyways, this would happen right after the prologue of the game, not during the actual events.

And of course, great art by RinerDew on DeviantArt!

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